Owen's Blog -- Three Environmental Proposals

Aggressive, phased-in carbon taxes. It’s boring and penny-pinching and not as sexy as “investment in green infrastructure”, and maybe it will be a regressive tax, but I don’t care. Taxation is one of the most powerful levers our government in our current capitalist system, and by god we have to use every lever we have. Of course, the revenue from this tax should be earmarked for green infrastructure, but that’s besides the point: pollution should have a price tag that is commesurate to its cost to society.