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How to Sell a Carbon Tax. And Not
In Oregon, conservative politicians literally run and hide from carbon pricing. How did BC’s similar party make it law?
Erik Neumann Today | Jefferson Public Radio / InvestigateWest
Erik Neumann is a radio producer and writer. The story was published as partner of a partnership with InvestigateWest. SHARES A man holding a sign opposing Oregon’s climate bill talks to fellow rallygoers from the roof of a truck at an event on the Oregon Capitol steps in Salem, June 27, 2019.
Photo by Bryan M. Vance, OPB. [Editor’s note: This report is contributed by Jefferson Public Radio, a partner in Getting to Zero, a year-long reporting initiative on how the Cascadia region can achieve a zero carbon economy. The Tyee is a collaborator in the project, which is led by Seattle-based InvestigateWest.]
Originally published on May 10, 2021 4:55 am
In 2019 and again in 2020, Oregon Republicans walked out of the state Legislature to prevent a vote on cap-and-trade climate bills. The legislation was meant to drive down the state’s carbon emissions, but Republicans feared the bills would place the greatest burden of higher fuel prices on sparsely populated rural communities.
In 2008, the center-right party in British Columbia, actually named the Liberal Party, created a carbon tax to reduce emissions. More than a decade later, it has helped lower emissions without disproportionately hurting rural B.C. residents.
This year, climate legislation remains a tense topic of debate in Pacific Northwest politics. Why has a carbon pricing program worked in British Columbia but not in Oregon?
Oregon Democrats try to learn from British Columbia’s carbon tax
B.C.’s tax was backed by conservatives and cut emissions without harming rural communities. Can it work elsewhere?
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A man on stilts wears state of Jefferson regalia at a Timber Unity rally in front of the Oregon Capitol in Salem, Feb. 6, 2020. (Bradley W. Parks/OPB)
This report is contributed by Jefferson Public Radio, a partner in Getting to Zero, InvestigateWest’s yearlong reporting initiative.
In 2019 and again in 2020, Oregon Republicans walked out of the state Legislature to prevent a vote on cap-and-trade climate bills. The legislation was meant to drive down the state’s carbon emissions, but Republicans feared the bills would place the greatest burden of higher fuel prices on sparsely populated rural communities.
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