The Green Employment Tax Swap

By Craig Hanson

In the coming months, Congress will consider several policy approaches to address global warming. While cap and trade policies have been most prominent thus far, there is another approach that also deserves serious consideration: green tax reforms, such as a green employment tax swap. Green tax reforms can work hand-in-hand with other approaches (like cap and trade) to create a comprehensive policy framework to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Green tax reform doesn