ALLIE BULL. LYNN CHAFFEE. OLIVIA CLARK. MARIE JOHANSEN. SOONDUS JUNEJO. AN INTRODUCTION TO THE CARBON TAX UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON | ENVIRONMENT 439 | WINTER 2017
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE CARBON TAX TODAY'S AGENDA Health effects of CO2 How taxes work Initiative 732 Successful carbon taxes Interactive demonstration INTRODUCTION | HEALTH EFFECTS | TAXES | I-732 | SUCCESS STORIES | DEMONSTRATION
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE CARBON TAX WHAT IS CARBON POLLUTION? Carbon emission = unhealthy air quality Common air pollutants include carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, and particulate matter Motor vehicles contribute to >50% of urban air pollution INTRODUCTION | HEALTH EFFECTS | TAXES | I-732 | SUCCESS STORIES | DEMONSTRATION
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE CARBON TAX HOW DOES CO2 AFFECT OUR HEALTH? HEALTH? headache, fatigue respiratory illness cardio vascular illness gastroenteritis cancer risk nausea skin irritation INTRODUCTION | HEALTH EFFECTS | TAXES | I-732 | SUCCESS STORIES | DEMONSTRATION
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE CARBON TAX HOW DOES CO2 AFFECT OUR HEALTH? HEALTH? 3.5 MILLION yearly deaths globally from outdoor air pollution 50% of these deaths caused by road transport $1.6 TRILLION value of premature death by outdoor air pollution INTRODUCTION | HEALTH EFFECTS | TAXES | I-732 | SUCCESS STORIES | DEMONSTRATION
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE CARBON TAX LESS CARBON EMISSIONS LEADS TO BETTER HEALTH Child asthma attacks reduced 43% during week of 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics Will a carbon tax help us in the same way? INTRODUCTION | HEALTH EFFECTS | TAXES | I-732 | SUCCESS STORIES | DEMONSTRATION
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE CARBON TAX AN OVERVIEW OF TAXES INCOME CONSUMPTION TAX TAX INTRODUCTION | HEALTH EFFECTS | TAXES | I-732 | SUCCESS STORIES | DEMONSTRATION
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE CARBON TAX CONSUMPTION TAX INTRODUCTION | HEALTH EFFECTS | TAXES | I-732 | SUCCESS STORIES | DEMONSTRATION
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE CARBON TAX CARBON COMSUMPTION TAXES UPSTREAM Tax extractors, importers, Tax and consumers refineries at the gas pump, etc. DOWNSTREAM INTRODUCTION | HEALTH EFFECTS | TAXES | I-732 | SUCCESS STORIES | DEMONSTRATION
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE CARBON TAX WASHINGTON'S FAILED TAX: INITIATIVE 1.7 billion Manufacturer $25/ton & working CO2 family cuts 732 1.275 billion Cut sales tax $1.3B 0.85 billion Goal: to reduce carbon emissions and accelerate the shift to clean energy 0.425 billion 0 billion Carbon Tax Tax Cuts INTRODUCTION | HEALTH EFFECTS | TAXES | I-732 | SUCCESS STORIES | DEMONSTRATION
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE CARBON TAX PROS CONS immediate action controversial use of on climate change revenues INTRODUCTION | HEALTH EFFECTS | TAXES | I-732 | SUCCESS STORIES | DEMONSTRATION
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE CARBON TAX CARBON TAX IN BRITISH COLUMBIA $30 CAD per ton of carbon Estimated revenue = $5 billion CAD Revenue neutral Reduced corporate and personal income tax INTRODUCTION | HEALTH EFFECTS | TAXES | I-732 | SUCCESS STORIES | DEMONSTRATION
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE CARBON TAX INTRODUCTION | HEALTH EFFECTS | TAXES | I-732 | SUCCESS STORIES | DEMONSTRATION
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE CARBON TAX CAP & TRADE IN CALIFORNIA Alternative method to pricing carbon Sets a "cap" on the quantity of GHG emissions INTRODUCTION | HEALTH EFFECTS | TAXES | I-732 | SUCCESS STORIES | DEMONSTRATION
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE CARBON TAX CAP IS SET CALIFORNIA on greenhouse gas emissions CAP PERMITS TO &TRADE POLLUTE allocated or auctioned off to firms Goal: "reducing GHG emissions to 1990 levels by the year 2020, and TRADE ultimately achieving an 80% reduction between firms far from hitting from 1990 levels by 2050" the cap and those near maximum emissions CA EPA Air Resource Board INTRODUCTION | HEALTH EFFECTS | TAXES | I-732 | SUCCESS STORIES | DEMONSTRATION
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE CARBON TAX PROS CONS Efficient Companies can Max emissions set = "cheat" decreasing targets Little incentive to over time switch to renewable Possible increased energy government revenues INTRODUCTION | HEALTH EFFECTS | TAXES | I-732 | SUCCESS STORIES | DEMONSTRATION
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE CARBON TAX THANK YOU! AND NOW FOR A DEMONSTRATION INTRODUCTION | HEALTH EFFECTS | TAXES | I-732 | SUCCESS STORIES | DEMONSTRATION
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