Certainly not the recent gas tax "holiday" proposal.
The May 6 special issue of Breakthrough news delved into the issue of taxation -- what makes good tax policy? Certainly not the recent gas tax "holiday" proposal. How do you make sure a carbon tax does what it's supposed to?
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What the Gas Tax Holiday Should Teach Us
The gas tax "holiday" proposal is anathema to anyone who is pushing for disincentives on dirty energy. But instead of just railing against political pandering, we should take this as an opportunity to rethink our politics. The big question is: how do we finance the transition to a clean energy economy?
No Carbon Tax Without Investment: an Interview with Sociologist Monica Prasad
Taxation expert Monica Prasad argues that we want industry to be able to evade paying the carbon tax -- that is, by switching to cleaner forms of energy.
"The role of the carbon tax is to make itself go out of existence."
Coal Chief Calls For Electricity Tax To Fund Clean Energy
Should You Pay Extra to Solve Global Warming? Coal chief Jim Rogers recently called for an electricity tax that would generate $11 billion a year, but would raise consumers' annual energy prices by $36 or more -- will the public go for it?
Gas-tax Holiday Debate Warns of Fights to Come
Michael and Ted's Op-Ed in the SF Chronicle. "If the environmental movement is to finally translate its rhetoric into reality, it will need to shift its focus from making dirty energy expensive to making clean energy cheap."
