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The Best Solution to Global Warming
by Tim Dec
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Presentation Outline
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• The science around climate change• Short video• Citizens’ Climate Lobby and our approach to
address climate change• Policy analysis• Questions
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CO2 in our atmosphere
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We’re Adding To Our Greenhouse
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Efforts So Far Haven’t Stopped CO2 Increase
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We’re now rapidly adding CO2 to the relatively stable amount we’ve had for hundreds of thousands of years.
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What about the Sun?
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What about Temperatures?
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Pass national“Carbon Fee and Dividend” legislation
Citizens’ Climate Lobby’s Solution
• Place a steadily rising fee on the CO2 content of fossil fuels
• Return all net revenue from the carbon fee back to households
• Enact border tariff adjustments to ensure fairness and competition
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Citizens’ Climate Lobby’s Approach
• Writing letters to the editor, op-eds, and meeting with editorial boards
• Facilitating a wide range of outreach events to educate others on our policy
• Building relationships with our federally elected representatives on a foundation of respect, appreciation and gratitude for their service
We keep a singular focus on our policy and create political will for action by —
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• Apply a fee to fossil fuels, start at $15• Base the fee on the CO2 the fuel will release
when burned• Collect the fee as far upstream in the
economy as practical• Steadily increase the fee each year by $10
How it works
Carbon Fee and Dividend
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• 100% of the revenue is returned to households • Monthly dividends are in equal shares• Approximately 2/3 of households will break
even or come out ahead
How it works
Carbon Fee and Dividend
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• Regional Economic Models Inc (REMI)• Model CO2 Emissions, GDP, Employment, and
Health Effects• $10/ton of CO2 increasing at $10/year for 20 years
Commission a independent study
How will it effect the U.S. economy?
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Regional Economic Models Inc.
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• CO2 emissions decline 33% after 10 years, and 52% after 20 years
• 13,000 premature deaths avoided annually after 10 years
• National employment increases by 2.1 million jobs after 10 years, and 2.8 million after 20 years - about 1%
• $70-$85 billion annual increase in GDP, cumulative increase in national GDP of $1.3 trillion after 20 years - about 0.4%
Economic Analysis by REMI
No economic case against Carbon Fee
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Employment Increases Nationally
“BICEP’s overall goal is broad: bi-partisan consensus among policy makers to reduce US greenhouse gas emissions 80 percent below
1990 levels by 2050”1616 
BICEP - Business For Innovative Climate and Energy Policy
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Oil Majors Endorse Carbon Pricing
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Rep Chris Gibson (R-NY) 13 House Republicans have co-sponsored
The Gibson Climate Resolution (House)
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Bipartisan Climate Solutions Caucus
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Citizen’s Climate Lobby 2016 Lobbying Conference
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Join us for an introductory conference call www.CitizensClimateLobby.org/join-weekly-intro-call
Every Wednesday5pm PST, for 1-hour
(866) 642-1665code 440699#
? What’s Next ?
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? Questions ?
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