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CBO analyzes proposed policies for limiting damage resulting from pollution that affects the atmosphere, land, and water resources. Of particular concern to many policymakers are the increasingly large quantities of greenhouse gases, especially carbon dioxide, that are being emitted as a result of human activities, and CBO has studied a range of policies for reducing such emissions.

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CBO Testifies on Federal Financial Support for Fuels and Energy Technologies

posted by Terry Dinan on March 13, 2013

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  • Federal Financial Support for the Development and Production of Fuels and Energy Technologies

    March 06, 2012

  • Federal Efforts to Reduce the Cost of Capturing and Storing Carbon Dioxide

    June 28, 2012

  • Using Biofuel Tax Credits to Achieve Energy and Environmental Policy Goals

    July 14, 2010

  • The Impact of Ethanol Use on Food Prices and Greenhouse-Gas Emissions

    April 08, 2009

  • Effects of Federal Tax Credits for the Purchase of Electric Vehicles

    September 20, 2012
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Testimony on Federal Financial Support for Fuels and Energy Technologies

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March 13, 2013

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  • Offsetting a Carbon Tax’s Costs on Low-Income Households: Working Paper 2012-16

    November 13, 2012
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Offsetting Costs of a Carbon Tax on Low-Income Households

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November 16, 2012

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S. 3525, Sportsmen's Act of 2012

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November 13, 2012

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  • Offsetting Costs of a Carbon Tax on Low-Income Households

    November 16, 2012

  • The Estimated Costs to Households From the Cap-and-Trade Provisions of H.R. 2454

    June 19, 2009

  • The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

    April 19, 2012

  • Options for Offsetting the Economic Impact on Low- and Moderate-Income Households of a Cap-and-Trade Program for Carbon Dioxide Emissions

    June 17, 2008

  • The Estimated Costs to Households From the Cap-and-Trade Provisions of H.R. 2454

    June 19, 2009

  • The Distributional Consequences of a Cap-and-Trade Program for CO2 Emissions

    March 12, 2009

  • The Distribution of Revenues from a Cap-and-Trade Program for CO2 Emissions

    May 07, 2009
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Offsetting a Carbon Tax’s Costs on Low-Income Households: Working Paper 2012-16

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November 13, 2012

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Abstract

Terry Dinan

Imposing a tax on carbon dioxide emissions would reduce the damage from climate change but would also impose a larger burden, relative to income, on low-income households than on high-income households. This paper evaluates two broad groupings of options for reducing the regressive effects of a carbon tax; one group of options would affect large segments of the economy, for example by reducing payroll taxes, and the other group of options would be targeted at low-income households, for example by providing an additional payment to households currently receiving electronic transfer benefits. Each option is evaluated based on the percent of low-income households that it would affect, whether it would provide comparatively larger benefits for lower-income households, its administrative costs, and its implications for economic efficiency, specifically whether it would increase incentives to work and invest and whether it would preserve the incentives to reduce emissions that the carbon tax would create. The broad based options could potentially provide support for a relatively large share of low-income households, but some of those options would provide relatively small benefits to those households. Options specifically targeting low-income households could be most effective in reaching households that do not file income taxes or that do not have earnings. Three of the seven options considered would increase the incentive to work or invest and all but one of the options would preserve the incentive to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide.


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S. 847, Safe Chemicals Act of 2011

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October 2, 2012

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S. 1735, a bill to approve the transfer of Yellow Creek Port properties in Iuka, Mississippi

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September 27, 2012

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Options for Modernizing Military Weather Satellites: Working Paper 2012-11

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September 20, 2012

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By Michael Bennett

Over the next several years, the Department of Defense (DoD) will launch the last of its weather satellites, which it uses to plan military operations and generate weather forecasts. Long-running efforts to develop replacements for those satellites encountered schedule and cost difficulties, and in December 2011, the Congress directed DoD to cancel its latest program and to prepare for a follow-on program. DoD’s plans now call for a new development effort, but it has not yet determined the capabilities it wants in that satellite. In this paper, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) examines three different satellite design concepts that DoD might consider and compares the cost and capability of those designs. The paper also discusses alternative approaches that DoD might take, such as fielding single instruments on several small satellites instead of several instruments on a single satellite and foregoing a new generation of military weather satellites altogether and instead relying on other sources for weather data.


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Effects of Federal Tax Credits for the Purchase of Electric Vehicles

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September 20, 2012

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CBO Releases a Study on the Effects of Federal Tax Credits for the Purchase of Electric Vehicles

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September 20, 2012


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