Fossil Fuels and Earth's Climate
In early 2007, I co-founded the Carbon Tax Center, with attorney Dan Rosenblum.
The CTC Web site is the repository of most of
my writing since then on climate and energy, as well as a stream of enlightening
and insightful posts by CTC's Washington, DC rep and policy-wonk genius, James Handley.
The site is also your best source for data, perspective and advocacy on carbon pricing.
Content is updated continually.
From 2006 to 2009-2010, I posted three dozen pieces on climate, energy and
transportation on the environmental blog Grist.
For a listing of titles and links, go here.
-- C.K., Dec, 2009
I developed and faithfully maintain a spreadsheet for the
Carbon Tax Center, estimating emissions and revenue impacts of a federal carbon tax. The version
posted here, largely developed in the spring of 2013, is a substantial overhaul of the original
(circa 2008) version, with quantum improvements.
Brief for a New York State carbon tax,
co-authored with Carbon Tax Center board member Alex Matthiessen, is a lucid and digestible (6 pages) discussion draft of a
possible revenue-neutral carbon tax for New York State.
Speech at Global Day of
Action for Climate Justice, New York City, Nov. 30, 2009
PowerPoint presentation at a meeting of the New York Academy of Sciences, "An Energy
Agenda for New York City" (Oct 2008) (focuses on carbon taxes)
PowerPoint presentation on the need for carbon taxes (April 2007)
"Carbon Offsets: What Would Gandhi Do?," Essay in Grist Magazine's "Gristmill" (July 2006)
"Fuel Tax Magic," Essay in Grist Magazine's "Gristmill" (June 2006)
A Campaign for Fair Energy Taxes (PDF)
Energy Taxes - Rebutting the Myths (PDF)
"Carbon Taxes: A Green Priority" (2004 essay)
Letter in NY Times Book Review, July 2003, on climate change and green politics
Vintage (1989) op-ed in Washington Post, "Instead of a Gas Tax, How About a Carbon Tax"
