Adele Morris of the Brookings Institution is proposing a policy that she says would fix both the energy and fiscal problems of the United States simultaneously. A carbon tax - across all forms of fossil fuel energy - would raise additional revenue, encourage energy conservation and stimulate the development of new forms of renewable energy that would not attract the tax. She tells us why it's a great ideafor the Mountain West.
Adele Morris, Fellow in Economic Studies and Policy Director for Climate and Energy Economics, Brookings Institution