The Green Fees initiative is identifying and analyzing a portfolio of tax reforms that would be both fiscally prudent and environmentally sound. WRI is educating policymakers and opinion leaders in order to build support for these measures.
The federal tax code can have a significant impact on the environment. Fiscal policy is used to encourage as well as discourage various business activities and consumer decisions. These activities affect the environment and human health by influencing how much we consume, how we use natural resources, and how much pollution is released into our air and water.
The President’s recent call for tax reform and the presence of persistent budget deficits provide opportunities for policy makers to consider changes to the federal tax code that could lead to not only greater fiscal responsibility, but also improved human and environmental health.
The World Resources Institute’s Green Fees initiative seeks to identify and analyze a portfolio of tax reforms that would be both fiscally prudent and environmentally sound. WRI and partners will educate policymakers, interest groups, and opinion leaders in order to build support for these measures.
The portfolio of reforms WRI will address include:
- Eliminating existing tax expenditures that forego revenue and that encourage activities reducing the quality of our air, the cleanliness of our water, and the abundance of our natural resources;
- Introducing environmental charges on pollution and waste to discourage environmental degradation, stimulate technological innovation, and improve the federal budget situation.
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