Ensuring Environmental Outcomes from a Carbon Tax

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Date

Nov. 3, 2016

News Type

Media Highlight

Source

Environmental Defense Fund

"Two recently-released papers by the Nicholas Institute at Duke University and Resources for the Future (RFF) directly address this key concern with a carbon tax —and suggest an innovative path forward. They illustrate how a suite of provisions – we’ll call them 'Environmental Integrity Mechanisms' or 'EIMs,' though each paper uses different terminology – could provide greater levels of certainty regarding the emissions outcome, by allowing for adjustment of the carbon tax regime over time to course-correct and keep us on track for meeting our targets."

Topics

Traditional Carbon Pricing

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