Plenary Presentations: Day 1

Rep. John Larson

Member of U.S. Congress (D, CT), Democratic Caucus Chair

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Bill McKibben

Environmental Journalist, Founder of 350.org

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Plenary Presentations: Day 2

Dr. James Hansen

Renowned Climate Scientist and Author

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Watch Dr. Hansens Evening Dinner Presentation

Download Dr. Hansen's Powerpoint Presentation

Plenary Panel 1: Economic Rationale for Pricing Carbon

Dr. Gary Yohe

Wesleyan Prof. of Economics, U.N. IPCC Author

Dr. Frank Ackerman

Economist, Stockholm Environment Institute, Tufts University

Dr. Elaine C. Kamarck

U.S. Climate Task Force

Plenary Panel 1: Economic Rationale for Pricing Carbon Q&A Session

Dr. Yohe, Dr. Ackerman, and Dr. Kamarck

Plenary Panel 2: Members of the Congress

Rep. Jim McDermott

Member of U.S. Congress (D, WA)

Rep. Bob Inglis

Member of U.S. Congress (R, SC)

Rep. Bob Filner

Member of U.S. Congress (D, CA)

Plenary Panel 2: Members of the Congress Plenary Q&A Session

Rep. Inglis, Rep. McDermott, and Rep. Filner

Plenary Panel 3: How Best to Price Carbon

Dan Lashof

Natural Resources Defense Council, Director of Climate Center

Peter Barnes

Originator of Sky Trust; “Cap-and-Dividend” advocate

Charles Komanoff

Carbon Tax Center, Director

Plenary Panel 3: How Best to Price Carbon Debate Q&A Session

Lashof, Barnes, and Komanoff

Plenary Presentations: Day 3

Plenary Panel 4: Moving Beyond the Traditional Environmental Movement

Bill Shireman

Future 500, President and CEO

Dr. Brent Blackwelder

Friends of the Earth, President Emeritus

Cecil Corbin-Mark

WE ACT for Environmental Justice, Deputy Director

Tim DeChristopher

Peaceful Uprising, Director

Marshall Saunders

Citizens Climate Lobby, Founder

Juliet B. Shor

Boston College Prof. of Sociology
Author, The Overworked American

Katie MacDonald

Students for a Just and Stable Future, Director

Plenary Panel 4: Moving Beyond the Traditional Environmental Movement Q&A Session

Workshops

Citizen Organizing and Building Political Will

Ted Glick

Chesapeake Climate Action Network

Marshall Saunders

Citizens Climate Lobby

Laura Bonham

Progressive Democrats of America

Brent Blackwelder

Friends of the Earth

Citizen Organizing and Building Political Will Workshop Q&A

Media and Messaging

Richard Littlemore

Climate Journalist, DeSmogBlog.com

Steve Valk

Citizens Climate Lobby

Steve Kent

Kent Communications

Janet Larsen

Earth Policy Institute

Moral and Religious Imperative of Pricing CO2 Pollution

Rabbi Arthur Waskow

Shalom Center

Rev. Vernon Williams

Perfect Peace Ministry, Harlem

Father Paul Mayer

Climate Crisis Coalition, Co-Founder

Moral and Religious Imperative of Pricing CO2 Pollution Q&A

Download Ibrahim Abdil-Mu’id Ramey's Presentation

Can There Be a Radical Middle? Building Republican Support for a Price on Carbon

Bill Shireman

Future 500, President and CEO

Rep. Bob Inglis

Member of U.S. Congress (R, SC)

Can There Be a Radical Middle? Building Republican Support for a Price on Carbon Q&A

Conference Organizers

Dr, Barry Chernoff, Lorna Bonham & Wesleyan Students

James Handley

Carbon Tax Center, Senior Policy Analyst

Tom Stokes

Climate Crisis Coalition, Coordinator

PowerPoint Presentations

Dr. Gary Yohe, Economic Rationale to Pricing Carbon

Peter Barnes, Pricing Air (workshop) and Pricing Air (plenary)

Richard Littlemore
The Bumpy Implementation of the BC Carbon Tax and
Why Confusion Reigns in the Public Conversation about Global Warming

Bill Snape, No Reason to Wait: Reducing Greenhouse Gases Emissions through the Clean Air Act and
Yes, He Can: President Obama’s Power to Make an International Climate Commitment Without Waiting for Congress

Frank Ackerman, Beyond the Economics of Inaction: The role of carbon prices in climate policy

Dan Lashof, How Do We Avoid Catostrophic Climate Disruption: The Role of Carbon Pricing

Prof. Janet Milne, Carbon Taxes: A Reality in British Columbia

Charles Komanoff, 3 Ways to Price Carbon Pollution

Nathan Richardson, From Cap and Trade to Notice and Comment (and Trade?):EPA Regulation of Greenhouse Gases

Allan Zabel and Laurie Williams, Greenhouse-Gas Offests: A Failed and Unfixable Concept

Michele Chan, Carbon Fraud and Gaming: The Role of Wall Street

Other Media

Tax Bad Things Like Pollution
Reward Good Things Like Work!

A price on carbon would be the quickest and most effective way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, create incentives for renewable energy and efficiency, and generate green jobs. Fees could be returned to citizens as payroll tax relief or as dividends to promote economic equity.

Video from Effective Climate Policy with Direct Carbon Pricing Senate Briefing
Washington, D.C. / July 2009

Carbon Tax vs. Cap and Trade

Video from a presentation by CTC Director Charles Komanoff at the Nature Network
New York City / January 2009

A Conversation with James Hansen

Dr. James Hansen is considered by many to be the foremost climatologist in the world. From his New York City office, he spoke with Climate Crisis Coalition Coordinator Tom Stokes, on May 10, 2008, about the science of climate change, the urgency of enacting effective climate legislation and why he is speaking out about it.

Dr. Hansen believes that we should enact a carbon tax with the revenue recycled back to the people, rather than a cap-and-trade system.