RECOMMENDATION(S):
CONSIDER amending the County’s 2018 Federal Legislative Platform to include support for the concept of establishing a national price on carbon emissions to address the cost to society of those emissions, as recommended by the Ad Hoc Committee on Sustainability.
FISCAL IMPACT:
None.
BACKGROUND:
In December 2015, the Board of Supervisors adopted the County’s Climate Action Plan, which states the County’s commitment to addressing the challenges of climate change by reducing local greenhouse gas emissions while improving community health. On July 23, 2018, the Contra Costa County Sustainability Commission brought to the Ad Hoc Committee on Sustainability (Committee) a recommendation for the County to include in its Federal legislative platform support for a Carbon Fee and Dividend. The Sustainability Commission received this request from the Citizens Climate Lobby, and voted 8-1 to recommend support for the Carbon Fee and Dividend.
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