The Green Tax Shift

Santa Clara Magazine
Posted: January 6th, 2008 by Thomas L. Knapp
Author: Fred E. Foldvary

“Simply put, a green tax is a levy on pollution. It goes further than a carbon tax to levy a charge on all harmful emissions in proportion to the damage they cause, ideally making polluters pay for the full social cost of their emissions. The green tax shift replaces taxes on income and goods with taxes on pollution.”

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