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By DON C. BRUNELL
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Climate Leadership Council's carbon dividend is worth exploration

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Last updated 2/16/2017 at 10:07am



Recently, some of America’s most respected statesmen announced a different strategy to reducing carbon pollution — one which is based on incentives as opposed to penalties.

Believing that carrots work better than sticks, the Climate Leadership Council (CLC) announced a new plan to enact a federal tax on carbon emissions with an accompanying payment program to U.S. citizens.

The centerpiece is a “carbon dividend” which, as they put it, would increase the disposable income for the majority of Americans while disproportionately helping those struggling to make ends meet. They are our c...



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