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
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LanguageEnglish
Published Washington American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research 24.03.2020
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Carbon dioxide
Climate change
Cost analysis
Environmental policy
Political parties
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Abstract 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.
AbstractList 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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