Sentences with phrase «fee on carbon pollution»

Economists on the left and right agree that putting a fee on carbon pollution is the most cost - effective way to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

The best approach would be to use a market mechanism such as the sale of carbon allowances or a fee on carbon pollution to lower emissions and increase revenue.

The proposed «Climate and Community Reinvestment Act» would place a fee on carbon pollution in the District and rebate the large majority of revenue raised back to D.C. residents.

The proposed carbon fee - and - rebate policy would place a fee on carbon pollution in the District and rebate a majority of revenue raised back to D.C. residents.

Former GOP Reps. Sherwood Boehlert and Wayne Gilchrest wrote in a 2012 op - ed that a fee on carbon pollution could «raise $ 200 billion or more over 10 years and trillions of dollars by 2050 while cutting carbon emissions by 17 percent by 2020.»

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At 7 p.m. People of Albany United for Safe Energy sponsors a forum on putting a price on climate change through a carbon tax or fee to make polluters pay for the air pollution they emit, First Unitarian Universalist Church, 405 Washington Ave., Albany.

When it comes to tackling climate change, President Barack Obama once had grand ambitions, including forging a global deal on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and persuading Congress to enact legislation that would impose fees on U.S. carbon pollution.

The revenue could come either from auctioning pollution permits, a «wires fee» on electricity use, a modest tax on carbon, or a mix of all three.

With a carbon fee - and - rebate policy called the Climate and Community Reinvestment Act of D.C., companies that buy and sell fossil fuels in the District would pay a steadily - rising fee on each ton of heat - trapping pollution they cause.