The Most Interesting Climate Policy Debate You Haven't Heard Of

The Most Interesting Climate Policy Debate You Haven't Heard Of

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It occurred last June between two groups of conservatives. On the do-nothing side were well-known climate-science deniers, James Taylor of Heartland and David Kreutzer of Heritage Foundation. On the other side was R Street senior fellow Andrew Moylan along with former 6-term GOP congressman Bob Inglis (SC). Inglis leads the Energy and Enterprise Initiative (E&EI), an organization dedicated to finding a conservative approach to climate change built around a revenue-neutral carbon tax. Here is the interesting part. The debate was in front of a largely conservative audience, and yet: At the conclusion of the debate, a straw poll was taken and approximately 80% of the audience indicated they favored taxing carbon emissions in return for a dollar-for-dollar tax swap on something else (FICA taxes, corporate income taxes, etc.). You can watch the entire debate at the E&EI website.

It is very interesting that, at the least, when conservatives discuss among themselves, such issues, they seem to be able to come to the same rational, well-considered policy courses that many progressives arrive at.

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