Oregon Law Review : Vol. 88, No. 2 (2009)
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Item Open Access Oregon Law Review : Vol. 88 No. 2, p. 355-404 : Back to the Future: Recommendations and Predictions for Greener Tax Policy(University of Oregon Law School, 2009) Mann, Roberta F.This Article addresses both direct and indirect connections between tax policy and carbon emissions. Any discussion of tax policy’s impact on the environment must begin with a review of how the Code can be used to encourage behavior. Accordingly, this Article begins with a brief discussion of tax expenditures. The Article then reviews tax policy recommendations in the following areas: (1) housing, (2) transportation, (3) energy and conservation incentives, and (4) carbon pricing, including carbon sequestration. For each area, I compare past recommendations to actual changes in tax policy and make predictions about coming changes to tax policy and how those changes may affect carbon emissions.Item Open Access Oregon Law Review : Vol. 88 No. 2, p.405-490 : Recovery of a Lost Decade (or Is It Three?): Developing the Capacity in Government Necessary to Reduce Carbon Emissions and Administer Energy Markets(University of Oregon Law School, 2009) Mihaly, Marc B.This Article first examines the effort to control carbon emissions, discussing the governmental efforts that will be necessary to administer either a carbon tax or cap-and-trade regime. This Article then examines the need for government regulation in the electricity sector as a whole, focusing on both the nation’s experimentation with markets, specifically the wholesale electricity market, and the move toward restructuring in many states