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The secret to lower emissions and higher revenue is a carbon tax

The secret to lower emissions and higher revenue is a carbon tax

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While the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed Clean Air Act 111(d) regulation did not explicitly allow a carbon price, it acknowledges the need to consider a carbon tax before the final rulemaking. Allowing states to implement a carbon tax as a means of complying with the rule makes economic and environmental sense. It is also within the EPA’s legal authority in implementing the Clean Air Act.

The secret to lower emissions and higher revenue is a carbon tax

-Daily Kos 10/20/2014