Issues Of The Environment: A Carbon-Fee Plan To Address The Climate Crisis
Citizens' Climate Lobby Summary of Carbon Fee and Dividend Policies (3/25/21) Basic overview of carbon fee and dividend (CFD) - 3 components: Carbon Fee: holds polluters accountable - applied as far upstream as possible on ALL fossil fuel companies; starts low and goes high; reduces emissions and reduces air pollution throughout the country: Estimated reduction in air pollution: One study projects that in just 10 years sulfur dioxide (SO2) and mercury emissions from the power sector will reduce by more than 95% and emissions of oxides of nitrogen (NOx) by about 75% relative to a current ...
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