Pricing Carbon Initiative
Pricing Carbon Initiative
The Clean Edge: Understanding the impact of border adjustments on U.S. competitiveness

The Clean Edge: Understanding the impact of border adjustments on U.S. competitiveness

May 23, 2023

The adoption of the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, attention has renewed focus on how a border adjustment might impact U.S. competitiveness. 

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) joined us for a fireside chat on his “Clean Competition Act” and his perspectives on the future of a U.S. carbon border adjustment. A panel discussion followed with Sen. Whitehouse that addressed how carbon border adjustment mechanisms implemented by the EU and proposed U.S. approaches could impact U.S. industry and world trade.

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May 18, 2023 @ 3 PM EST

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A border fee draws bipartisan focus

A border fee draws bipartisan focus

Apr 17, 2023

On both sides of Capitol Hill, there is budding interest in implementing taxes on carbon-intensive goods that enter the U.S., though Democrats and Republicans tend to be interested for different reasons. In the Senate, Louisiana Republican Bill Cassidy is writing a preliminary bill, expected in a few months, to place a fee on foreign products brought into the country that are made with more pollution than similar American products.

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EcoRights Speaks interviews Dr. Danny Richter

EcoRights Speaks interviews Dr. Danny Richter

Apr 6, 2023

In this podcast, EcoRights Speaks interviews Pricing Carbon Initiative’s, Dr. Danny Richter! Previously VP of Government Affairs at Citizens Climate Lobby, Richter made the move to PCI a few months ago and is working to break new ground as he did for years at CCL. Richter joins host Chelsea Henderson to talk about how PCI is bringing all sides together on climate solutions, their top-down approach and the challenge of getting an effective carbon pricing legislation with so many different political backgrounds. He also weighs in on the hottest carbon pricing topic right now – a carbon border adjustment mechanism.

Photo by Johannes Plenio on Unsplash

 

A Conversation with Representative Scott Peters

A Conversation with Representative Scott Peters

Sep 20, 2021

C2ES and PCI came together for a fireside chat with Representative Scott Peters (D-CA), who in July 2021 introduced the FAIR Transition and Competition Act (H.R. 4534), which aims to impose a border carbon adjustment on imported goods.

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