Category Archives: CCL-CFD

CFD: Return carbon fee revenue to the private sector

There is broad agreement among climate scientists that we must reduce our burning of fossil fuels and the production of carbon dioxide (CO2) in order to slow and ultimately stop the process of global warming, and the associated problems of … Continue reading

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CFD 2.1: Distribution of Carbon Fee Dividends

Main proposal below was completed on 07-11-18 and an introduction was added on 11-23-18.  A formal CFD bill was introduced in the House of Representatives on 11-27-18.  It is HR-7173 and named the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act (EICDA) … Continue reading

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Thoughts on Earth Day and Global Warming

The letter below was submitted to the Bernardsville News on 04-23-18 and published in the print edition on 04-26-18. EDITOR: The first Earth Day was April 22, 1970.  No one worried then about global warming.  We should now. Warming and … Continue reading

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Carbon Dividend Administration

The Citizens’ Climate Lobby advocates a system of Carbon Fee and Dividend (CFD), in which revenues from steadily rising “carbon fees” on fossil fuels are returned monthly or quarterly to the private sector via dividends to consumers.  Administration of CFD … Continue reading

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Carbon Dividend Stream for Families with Children

This post originally used the names Version A and Version B.  They have been changed to Version 1 and Version 2 to be consistent with a post on the same issue last year. The analyses described here assumed that emissions … Continue reading

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CFD 2.0: Allocation of Dividends to Families with Children

The Citizens’ Climate Lobby [CCL] advocates a system of Carbon Fee and Dividend [CFD].  It has done, and is doing an excellent job of mobilizing staff and volunteers to lobby members of Congress to enact legislation to implement CFD.  It has … Continue reading

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