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The Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act of 2021 hits the House (Video)

The Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act of 2021 hits the House By Steve Valk Rep. Ted Deutch (D-FL-22) reintroduced the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act of 2021 today with 28 cosponsors. The bill would place a rising fee on carbon pollution that will get America to net zero emissions by 2050. Revenue from the fee would be distributed evenly to all Americans as […]

Energy Innovation Act: Strong and comprehensive

[…] Energy Innovation of Carbon Dividend Act. Photo by Molly Humphreys / Piccadilly Posh Photography Energy Innovation Act: Strong and comprehensive Here is a bold claim, but one worth making: the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act (H.R. 7173) may be the strongest and most comprehensive climate bill ever submitted to Congress. The strongest, because it sets emissions reduction targets of 90% below 2015 levels by […]

State of the bill: Where does the Energy Innovation Act stand?

State of the bill: Where does the Energy Innovation Act stand? By Flannery Winchester It’s been just over two months since the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act was introduced into this Congress. On that day, CCL volunteers hit the ground running and haven’t stopped. They’ve been calling their members of Congress, giving presentations and conducting outreach in their communities, and much more, all working […]

How does the new carbon pricing bill stack up?

How does the new carbon pricing bill stack up? By Jerry Hinkle, CCL Economics Policy Network Upon the introduction of the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act, legislation authored by Representative Deutch and others (herein referred to simply as the Energy Innovation Act), Dr. Noah Kaufman of Columbia University’s Center for Global Energy Policy (CGEP) published an analysis comparing it to other carbon fee plans that […]

Carbon pricing bill would supercharge effect of IRA subsidies, cut carbon pollution

[…] subsidies, cut carbon pollution SEPT. 25, 2023 – At an event at Santa Barbara’s Community Environmental Council’s Environmental Hub, Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-CA-24) announced today that he will reintroduce the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act into the House. Rep. Salud Carbajal and CCL’s Olivia Melonas The legislation charges corporate polluters a fee for the carbon pollution they put into our air. The money collected […]

Columbia University economists publish study of bipartisan carbon pricing bill

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WASHINGTON, D.C., NOV. 6, 2019 — A group of five economists from Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy has published “An Assessment of the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act.” This study offers an up-to-date, independent assessment of the Energy Innovation Act’s impacts on emissions, air pollution, and Americans’ finances.  “We’re encouraged that economists from Columbia’s prestigious Center on Global Energy […]

Los Angeles County endorses the Energy Innovation Act

[…] cooperation among five CCL chapters led to a surprisingly quick win on June 25, 2019, when the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors passed a resolution in support of the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act. According to the county website, 10,441,080 people are represented by the vote. Los Angeles County is the most populous county in the United States and one of the most […]

100+ local governments support the Energy Innovation Act

[…] Sandy Simon, CCL National Resolutions Project Coordinator One of the most powerful actions our volunteers are taking, even during the pandemic, is generating local government resolutions in support of the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act. We can think of local government resolutions as “endorsements on steroids,” since they are made on behalf of the entire population of a village, town, city, county or tribal […]

Senate version of Energy Innovation Act introduced

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) and Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) introduced the Senate version of the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act. WASHINGTON, Dec. 18, 2018 – Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) and Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) today introduced the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act, the Senate version of bipartisan legislation introduced in the U.S. House several weeks ago.   Like the House […]

Carbon Taxes: Accelerating Innovation While Cutting Emissions

[…] investing in ways to extract more fossil fuels that will be subject to the tax. The good news is that the leading carbon tax bill now pending in Congress, the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act, adopts just such an approach. It starts with a carbon tax of $15 per ton, rising at a rate of $10 annually. Such a tax structure would do little […]