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Using the Free Market to Affect Change: An Argument for Environmental Taxes

Vermont Law

The past two years have yielded unprecedented executive and regulatory engagement in the climate change discussion. In November 2014, the United States and China—two of the world’s most significant emitters—. jointly committed. to reducing their carbon emissions. In August 2015, the Obama administration announced the. Clean Power Plan. , which will implement national standards to govern carbon pollution from power plants.