[Josh Martin]
In this opinion piece, Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences James Hansen of Columbia University discusses climate action in the United States. In his post he throws his support behind the Citizens Climate Lobby’s (CCL) recent proposal for a carbon fee-and-dividend proposal with 100% of the revenue going towards a dividend equally distributed to each citizen, culminating in a variant of an unconditional basic income.
For more information on the CCL’s proposal, click here.
James Hansen, “Too Little, Too Late? Oops?” Available on James Hansen’s university page, 19 June 2014.
Professor James Hansen of Columbia University (Source: Wikipedia)
