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What’s the Best Way to Price Carbon Emissions: Cap and Trade, Cap and Dividend, or Carbon Tax?

photo: Jeffery DelViscio via flickr With all the talk about getting the United States off of oil, energy independence, creating a low-carbon future, et cetera, one of the key parts of that is reducing carbon emissions, whether they are from electricity, transportation or wherever they occur. Central to that is setting a price on carbon emissions. What options are there to do this? Cap and trade may be the main option being considered, but both a cap and dividend approach, as well as a carbon tax have their vocal proponents. Let’s take a look at e… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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What’s the Best Way to Price Carbon Emissions: Cap and Trade, Cap and Dividend, or Carbon Tax?