Climate Action Now! – The Climate Casino, Financial Incentives to Lower CO2 emissions
How incentives such as a carbon tax and a market-based cap and trade program work and what we can do to get them adopted.
Presenter: Jim Rhodes,
Missouri Department of Natural Resources environmental engineer (retired)
ACTIONS – Financial Incentives to Lower CO2
- Learn more about a carbon tax at the Carbon Tax Center.
- Contact State and U.S. Representatives and Senators. Urging them to adopt some form of carbon tax.
- Join or sign up with the Citizens Climate Lobby.
- Purchase carbon offsets e.g., Green-e, Gold Standard for major uses of energy which are not derived from renewable sources (e.g. airplane travel).
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