FAIR CARBON PRICING AND ACCOUNTABILITY
For decades, polluters have dumped their costs onto the rest of us — in the form of higher health bills, climate damage, and lost jobs.
Fair carbon pricing flips the script. It makes pollution expensive, innovation profitable, and clean energy the smart economic choice.
THE PROBLEM
Fossil fuel companies pay nothing for the carbon they pump into our atmosphere — while taxpayers foot the bill for fires, floods, and storms.
Hidden subsidies still give oil and gas producers billions each year, even as they post record profits.
Businesses that try to go green are penalized by an uneven playing field — competing against pollution that’s free to emit.
Carbon pricing proposals have been watered down or blocked by lobbyists for decades.
Without accountability, the market rewards the worst actors while punishing innovation.
The true cost of pollution is already being paid — just not by the people causing it.
OUR PLAN - REAL PRICES, REAL ACCOUNTABILITY
We’ll level the playing field by finally putting a real price on carbon — and making sure the revenue goes where it’s needed most:
National Carbon Pricing Framework — Set a clear, gradually rising fee on carbon pollution at its source — from oil wells to power plants.
Direct Rebates to Consumers — Return most of the revenue to households as dividend checks or energy bill credits to offset costs.
Transition Fund for Workers & Communities — Support retraining, pension protection, and local investment in communities dependent on fossil fuels.
Green Manufacturing Incentives — Reward U.S. companies that cut emissions, retrofit factories, and adopt clean technologies.
Corporate Carbon Transparency — Require companies to disclose full carbon footprints in financial reports.
Border Carbon Adjustments — Tax imports from countries without equivalent climate standards, protecting American jobs and competitiveness.
End Fossil Subsidies — Close loopholes that let major polluters write off environmental damage as “business expenses.”
Independent Oversight Board — Audit and publish annual reports showing where every dollar of carbon revenue goes.
WHY IT MATTERS
When pollution is free, the planet pays.
Fair carbon pricing gives every business — from factories to farms — a reason to innovate, not just comply. It’s not punishment; it’s accountability. And it’s how we fund a cleaner, fairer, stronger future.
“Polluters shouldn’t get a free ride — if you make the mess, you help clean it up.”