Clean the Air Carbon Tax Act
One-sentence summary: The Clean the Air Carbon Tax Act is a 2020 ballot measure proposal in Utah for a modest carbon tax, with 20% of the revenue going to clean up local air pollution and fund rural economic development and 80% of the revenue going to reduce existing taxes, including eliminating the state sales tax [...]
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Feb 22 carbon tax bill: HB 304 S1
Rep Briscoe has introduced HB 304 S1 (Fossil Fuels Tax Amendments, Feb 22, linked from here) and now there’s a Fiscal Note. Here’s some details on the bill! Plain language overview The bill imposes a carbon tax of $10 per ton CO2, increasing at 3.5% plus inflation, on fossil fuels consumed in Utah (other than [...]
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Why I’m not signing the Economists’ Statement on Carbon Dividends
A few weeks ago there was a big news splash about the Economists’ Statement on Carbon Dividends, signed by an incredibly impressive group of economists: 27 Nobel laureates, 4 former chairs of the Federal Reserve, 15 former chairs of the Council of Economic Advisers, etc. Other economists were invited to sign on, but I’ve decided [...]
Feb 8 carbon tax bill: HB 304
Update: Please see the page for the 1st Substitute bill, HB 304 S1. Rep Briscoe has introduced HB 304 (Fossil Fuels Tax Amendments, Feb 8) and on Wednesday there should be a fiscal note. Until then, here’s some details on the bill! Plain language overview The bill imposes a carbon tax of $10 per ton [...]
2019 update on my global warming “traffic light” bet with Bryan Caplan and Alex Tabarrok
Back in 2014 I made a global warming bet with fellow economists Bryan Caplan and Alex Tabarrok about global temperatures over the following 15 years (2015-2029) compared with the previous 15 years (2000-2014). The bet can be illustrated with this graphic, so I’m calling it our “traffic light” bet: The short version is that the [...]
Some thoughts on a Hawai’i carbon tax
I’ll be in Hawai’i as a speaker and participant in the Ha o ke Kai climate conference on Monday Jan 14. All are welcome! For more information see this Jan 10 Honolulu Civil Beat op-ed by conference organizer Anu Hittle: “Our small state has big ambitions when it comes to climate change”. Here is a [...]
John Madden’s “old bologna sandwich” quote: a definitive citation
Various news stories and online comments reference a John Madden quip about an “old bologna sandwich” during Super Bowl XXXIII in early 1999: The NY Times says: “He often eats old bologna sandwiches, the kind that sit around until he gets hungry. (As a visitor to his bus, I know this assertion is credible.)” The [...]
Vox should fire journalist David Roberts for intentionally lying about I-1631
Update Oct 30: David Roberts added a PS to his piece claiming that his analysis is good because Ash Grove Cement, Nucor Steel, Boeing (the state’s largest private-sector employer), etc. etc. don’t count as “large polluters”. Shameful. Initiative 1631 is a “carbon fee” measure that will be on the ballot in Washington State next week. [...]
