CEI Lunch Briefing: The Case Against Carbon Taxes

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Join us for an expert panel discussion on the case against carbon taxes. Debates on Capitol Hill around the Green New Deal have reinvigorated the call for carbon taxes. Proponents of carbon taxes often claim that they offer a free market alternative to more radical environmental policies like the Green New Deal. Our panel will articulate why carbon taxes are not a free market alternative to the Green New Deal, explore the disastrous costs and consequences of this policy suggestion, and caution lawmakers against distorting the climate debate with a flawed response.

The panel discussion will feature James Lucier’s recently published report, The Carbon Tax: Analysis of Six Potential Scenarios. The analysis uses scoring conventions similar to those used by the Congressional Budget Office to model and evaluate the economic impacts of carbon taxes.

Join us for an expert panel discussion on the case against carbon taxes. Debates on Capitol Hill around the Green New Deal have reinvigorated the call for carbon taxes. Proponents of carbon taxes often claim that they offer a free market alternative to more radical environmental policies like the Green New Deal. Our panel will articulate why carbon taxes are not a free market alternative to the Green New Deal, explore the disastrous costs and consequences of this policy suggestion, and caution lawmakers against distorting the climate debate with a flawed response.

The panel discussion will feature James Lucier’s recently published report, The Carbon Tax: Analysis of Six Potential Scenarios. The analysis uses scoring conventions similar to those used by the Congressional Budget Office to model and evaluate the economic impacts of carbon taxes.

When:
Monday, June 24, 2019
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Live Streamed

Where:
Russell Senate Office Building, Room SR-385

Panelists:
James Lucier
Managing Director, Capital Alpha

Grover Norquist
President, Americans for Tax Reform

Tim Andrews 
Executive Director, Taxpayers Protection Alliance

Marlo Lewis, Senior Fellow, Competitive Enterprise Institute

Margaret Tahyar
Partner, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP