Campaigns for state carbon taxes educate the public and advance the idea on the policy map. A carbon tax in one or more states will create facts on the ground that can appeal to Left and Right alike and upend the climate stalemate.
The Carbon Tax Center is out with a new report timed to the surging climate movement. We surveyed all 50 U.S. states (and Washington, DC) to identify the ones with the most favorable conditions for enacting a statewide carbon tax. Joining the report is a toolkit to help advocates push for a carbon tax in their state.
[Note: To bypass the Action Network links in the prior paragraph and go straight to the pdf for the report, click here. That’s a large file, 14 MB. You can download a reduced-size pdf version (less than 2 MB) by clicking here.