PBS: "Policies to Reduce CO2"

RFF's Billy Pizer discusses the benefits and costs of a carbon tax in an episode of Energy Switch.

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Date

Sept. 4, 2022

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Media Highlight

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PBS

Carbon-based fuels provide more than 80% of global energy. To reduce emissions will take time and money. What are the benefits of a carbon tax? Or would it be more effective to encourage carbon-reducing technologies? Dr. Billy Pizer, the Vice President of Research and Policy Engagement at Resources for the Future, and Sasha Mackler, the Executive Director of the Bipartisan Policy Center discuss.

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Billy Pizer is Vice President for Research and Policy Engagement at RFF.

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