A critique of the House Republican climate policy proposals

Key Points * The Republican leadership in the House of Representatives released recently a set of policy proposals ostensibly designed to address the potential dangers of anthropogenic climate change: planting more trees and capturing carbon dioxide. * The climate effects of these proposals would be...

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Published inAmerican Enterprise Institute Research Papers
Main Author Zycher, Benjamin
Format Web Resource
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research 24.03.2020
Subjects
Carbon dioxide
Climate change
Cost analysis
Environmental policy
Political parties
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Summary:Key Points * The Republican leadership in the House of Representatives released recently a set of policy proposals ostensibly designed to address the potential dangers of anthropogenic climate change: planting more trees and capturing carbon dioxide. * The climate effects of these proposals would be effectively equal to zero and might actually be inconsistent with their stated goals, but their costs would be high. * Instead, an alternative policy stance supported by the actual climate evidence and straightforward benefit/cost analysis is available.
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