Who favors carbon taxes?
Carbon taxes are supported by a diverse group of opinion leaders, pundits (including a majority of the New York Times’ seven regular columnists, two of whom lean to the right, politically) and economists. The task now is to broaden and deepen support for taxing carbon among both the political elites and the grassroots – and to do so in the face of concerted opposition from coal and oil companies that fear the loss of sales – which is precisely what a carbon tax should accomplish.
