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Double dividend: Comments from the Northwest Carbon Pricing Conference

The Northwest Carbon Pricing Conference, held May 21, 2011, convened a diverse group of concerned citizens, business and labor leaders, elected officials, students, and scholars to discuss carbon pricing as a strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and drive clean energy development. One of the speakers at the conference, EOI Executive Director John Burbank, spoke about how a carbon tax could fund a sales tax reduction, investments in light rail and more. Watch his presentation below, view the Powerpoint presentation in PDF format, and click here to learn more about carbon pricing. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JP-JywrnorQ]

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