Sentences with phrase «carbon dividends»

The conservative case for carbon dividends (and tax) has attracted a fair amount of attention, mostly positive.

The idea of carbon dividends, making polluters pay, and then writing people a check -LRB-

«Two - thirds of American households will receive more in carbon dividends than they will pay directly in carbon taxes,» said Martin Feldstein, who served as chairman of President Reagan's Council of Economic Advisers.

On Tuesday, the Climate Leadership Council announced its founding members, a group of companies, opinion leaders and nongovernmental organizations who have joined forces to promote a consensus climate solution based on carbon dividends.

But generating new government dollars isn't their purpose; indeed, distributing revenues from carbon taxes as carbon dividends, or using them to reduce or phase out existing (and onerous) taxes like payroll taxes in revenue - neutral «tax shifts or swaps,» is built into many carbon tax proposals, most of which the Carbon Tax Center strongly supports.

The idea of carbon dividends, making polluters pay, and then writing people a check (similar to what Alaska does with taxes on oil production) is gaining ground in North America.

Californians» hope that a carbon dividend might bridge the partisan divide that has stymied progress in the United States may be well - founded.

All district residents will receive a carbon dividend, but given that low - and moderate - income residents spend a higher percentage of their income on fuel and energy - intensive goods, those residents will receive a bonus rebate under the proposed policy.

Only the carbon dividend approach is consistent with these convictions.

And unlike regulation, carbon dividends are consistent with border adjustment, assuring that U.S. firms are not disadvantaged against foreign exporters and carbon - intensive products.

The carbon dividend also represents an important innovation in social policy.

We are convinced that the carbon dividends approach first put forward by one of us (Shultz) along with former secretary of state James A. Baker III a few months ago can strengthen the U.S. economy in ways highly valued by both the left and right and simultaneously spur global efforts to address climate change.

So the carbon dividend approach is best for the environment.

Adopting a carbon dividend approach would pay huge dividends for the global climate, the U.S. economy and U.S. leadership in the world.

Because energy use rises with income and the dividend would be equal for all, the Treasury Department estimates that the bottom 70 percent of Americans would be better off with a carbon dividend plan in a direct sense.

Our carbon dividend strategy has four interrelated elements that account for its strength: a gradually rising and revenue - neutral carbon tax; carbon dividend payments made equally to all Americans, to be funded using all the carbon - tax revenue; rollback of costly command - and - control regulations that were implemented because the environmental costs of carbon fuels have not been incorporated into their price; and border adjustment to ensure a level playing field and U.S. competitiveness.

If, on the other hand, the tax provides «carbon dividends» to offset the impact of higher energy prices on poor households, it will create a new class of welfare dependents.

Conservatives who support, or at least are willing to consider, taxing carbon emissions (yes, there are some) fall into two camps on revenue treatment: backing the carbon dividend plan proposed by the Climate Leadership Council (which in turn draws on the fee - and - dividend approach espoused by the Citizens Climate Lobby); or urging that the carbon revenues be applied to reduce the U.S. corporate income tax.

In Tanzania and Niger, where governments recognize community forest rights, the carbon dividends have been substantial.