Rep. Diana Gonzalez Makes “The Vermont Case for Carbon Dividends”

Earlier this month, legislators introduced four bills into the Vermont House that would reform our state’s tax system to better align with our values by putting a price on carbon pollution and returning the revenues to Vermonters, either by tax cuts or direct dividends.

On Thursday, the House Natural Resources Committee heard testimony on one of those bills — Rep. Diana Gonzalez’s “Carbon Dividend” proposal — including a compelling testimony from Rep. Gonzalez herself.

As part of her testimony, Rep. Gonzalez presented “The Vermont Case for Carbon Dividends” — a straightforward, commonsense document of evidence that shows pricing carbon and returning the revenues to Vermonters would be good for our environment and our economy.

Read the “Vermont Case for Carbon Dividends” below:
https://www.energyindependentvt.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/THE-VERMONT-CASE-FOR-CARBON-DIVIDENDS.pdf