June 5, 2007
Noon - 1:30 p.m.
Urban Institute
2100 M Street N.W., 5th Floor
Washington, D.C.

There is increasing scientific consensus that the earth will warm significantly in this century, due largely to carbon emissions from the burning of fossil fuels. The United States has not signed on to the Kyoto protocol to limit these emissions, but Congress and state governments are considering policies to reduce them. Tax policies can be part of an approach that relies on decentralized markets instead of "command and control" regulations to address energy use and the problem of global climate change produced by greenhouse gas emissions. The panelists will consider a variety of policy responses, including a tax on the carbon content of fuels, tax incentives for alternative energy sources, and cap-and-trade systems to limit carbon emissions.

Welcome
	Robert Reischauer, Urban Institute
Opening Remarks / Overview
	Zanny Minton Beddoes, The Economist
Presentations
	Roberton Williams III, University of Texas at Austin
	Terry Dinan, Congressional Budget Office
	Kevin Hassett, American Enterprise Institute
	Eric Toder, Urban Institute and Tax Policy Center
	Question and answer session
Complete Recording
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