This Article will argue that implementing a carbon tax in the United States will afford the best protection against climate change. Economists generally consider pollution taxes to be the "gold standard" of market-based instruments. Cap-and-trade systems are less effective and more complex to...

The “Green New Deal” (GND) resolution proposed in the United States Congress “recogniz[es] the duty of the Federal Government to create a Green New Deal.” The GND resolution presents several goals, including achieving “net- zero greenhouse gas emissions through a fair and just...