Economic and Emissions Impacts of a Clean Air Tax or Fee in Oregon (SB306)

OEC Talking Points on Carbon Tax
Oregon’s agriculture, shellfish, and snow-based tourism are already being damaged by climate change. Oregonians could reduce their emissions while improving the state’s economy. Put a price, the tax, on carbon emission, equal to its true cost, and decrease taxes and increase funding for priorities.

NERC Carbon Tax Fact Sheet
Based on their in-depth analysis, NERC confirmed their original findings about the benefits of taxing carbon, and detailed how pricing carbon would affect 70 different Oregon industry sectors and six Oregon regions. They consider emissions from combustion of petroleum fuels used for transportation, natural gas used for heating, and coal and other fossil fuels used for electricity generation. Read more…

NERC Slide Show
Northwest Economic Research Center (NERC) in the College of Urban and Public Affairs, within Portland State University, presents its power point, “SB306 Clean Air Tax or Fee Final Report”, in December 2014. Read more…

LRO Report on a Clean Air Fee
The Oregon Legislature passed Senate Bill 306 (SB306) during its 2013 Regular Session, which directed the Legislative Revenue Office (LRO) to guess the impacts of taxing greenhouse gas emissions. Representatives of utilities, business, labor, and low-income addressed the modeling outputs. Read more…