When and Where Can Climate Policy Succeed?

The Green New Deal has focused renewed attention …

An episode of the The Science of Politics podcast, hosted by Niskanen Center, titled "When and Where Can Climate Policy Succeed?" was published on April 24, 2019 and runs 66 minutes.

April 24, 2019 ·66m · The Science of Politics

Summary

The Green New Deal has focused renewed attention on policy to address Climate Change, but also raised concerns about how to pass and sustain energy policy in a polarized system. Economists say the obvious solution is pricing carbon, but Barry Rabe finds that carbon tax and cap-and-trade policies have faced big hurdles in passage, implementation, and sustainability. Leah Stokes finds that other policies like tax credits and renewable portfolio standards have proved popular after initially passing without much notice. But fighting fossil fuel companies for any sustainable climate policy remains an uphill battle. Senate Democrats [CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)]

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