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In Climate Politics, Follow the Money

By James K. Boyce

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Editors' Note: Past issues in our climate change series have pointed out how focusing on overpopulation as the cause of climate change distracts us from the real tasks at hand. As economist James K. Boyce argues here, we need to direct our energies towards ensuring that the fossil fuel industry does not reap windfall profits from carbon capping legislation. Instead, the revenues generated should be distributed equitably as part of a just climate transition.
Co-editors Elizabeth Barajas-Roma & Betsy Hartmann

James K. Boyce teaches economics at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, where he directs the environment program at the Political Economy Research Institute. This publication is adapted from testimony submitted to the U.S. Senate Committee of Finance on May 7, 2009.