Climate Change Is Regressive. A Carbon Tax Doesn't Have to Be.

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Date

Oct. 13, 2015

News Type

Media Highlight

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Think Progress

Topics

Traditional Carbon Pricing

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Roberton C. Williams III

Senior Fellow

Rob Williams is a senior fellow at RFF. He studies both environmental policy and tax policy, with a particular focus on interactions between the two.

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