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Great stuff in @TheEconomist's newsletter calling for a #PriceOnCarbon to be included in climate provisions being negotiated for a Senate reconciliation bill.

Short đŸ§” follows...

view.e.economist.com/?qs=8a31b55c4f

"Best of all, though, would be the introduction of an explicit price on carbon. This could be imposed economy-wide, and not just on the power sector, so that distortionary impacts were minimised. It could be structured as a carbon tax,... "
"...starting modestly but rising in time to a level that bites—Canada’s carbon price is scheduled to rise to C$170 ($134) per tonne in 2030. And, to avoid allegations of big government and to prevent the tax from hurting the poor more than the rich, all revenues raised..."
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For the @citizensclimate blog, I wrote about new @NatureClimate research showing that a carbon price + dividend reduces poverty & inequality, and that aggressive climate policy is good for the economy. A thread đŸ§”explaining why (1/11):
citizensclimatelobby.org/blog/policy/ne

The first study considers a hypothetical carbon price starting at $30/ton in 2015, rising about 5% or ~$2 per year, with 100% of the revenue returned equally to individual taxpayers. Not dissimilar from the Energy Innovation & Carbon Dividend Act (2/11):
congress.gov/bill/117th-con

The authors used their Nested Inequalities Climate Economy (NICE) model – modified from Nordhaus' famous DICE climate-econ model, but adding regional economic distribution data – to evaluate the impact on households in each income bracket from poorest to wealthiest 20% (3/11)
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Trumpublican #Irvine Mayor Shea @SHEAonIrvine, showed her true Trump-affiliated colors, opposing and voting no on the following resolutions at Annual United States Conference of Mayors in June of 2019. #CA45

bit.ly/2YCRgq4

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Anti-Climate Change Action:

Against: Support of a National Price on Carbon Emissions bit.ly/337BOl7

#Irvine Mayor Shea @SHEAonIrvine was one of only 7 no votes out of 226 mayors #ClimateCrisis #priceoncarbon #CA45

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Anti-Climate Change Action:

Against: Supporting a #GreenNewDeal

bit.ly/2OBZmv2

#Irvine Mayor Shea @SHEAonIrvine was one of only 7 no votes out of 226 mayors #CA45 #ClimateChange

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What they say:

“We disagree with the assertion that Chevron has engaged in ‘climate-related branding and lobbying’ that is ‘overwhelmingly in conflict’ with the Paris Agreement,” a @Chevron spokesperson said.... climateliabilitynews.org/2019/03/27/san

What they do:

@Chevron gives @USChamber at least $750,000 a year, helping pay for the debunked study that @realDonaldTrump used to justify withdrawing from the Paris Agreement.
.@Chevron also funds @AFPMonline, and AFPM opposes a price on carbon and lobbied against fuel economy standards for cars. Kind of hard to meet our Paris commitments without a #priceoncarbon and without fuel economy standards

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This is such bull***t.

First it was a hoax.

Then the science was uncertain.

Then we were “alarmists.”

Then any fix was too expensive.

Now it will be fixed with “innovation.”

thehill.com/policy/energy-

As the truth emerges, they just fall back to a more credible trench to defend the same industry and its same smelly lies and big fat subsidy.

Give me a break.

Want “innovation”?

Put a #priceoncarbon, so you can reward investors in #carbon reduction;

Strip this crooked industry of its $700 billon/yr subsidy (just in US, per @IMFNews);
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