National Academies: Zero-carbon goal on ‘edge of feasibility’ Source: By Peter Behr, E&E News reporter • Posted: Wednesday, February 3, 2021 A new report from a top panel of government advisers calls for imposing a $40-per-ton federal tax on carbon emissions to help the United States reach its net-zero goals. Claudine Hellmuth/E&E News (illustration);Internet Archive Book Images/Flickr (drafting sketch); jwigley/Pixabay (pump jack); Peretz Partensky/Flickr (nuclear); MaxPixel (turbines) A comprehensive road map for achieving a carbon-free economy by midcentury, issued yesterday by the National Academies, calls on the United States to invest $2 trillion over the next decade to jump-start monumental transitions in energy, innovation and manufacturing.