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  title info:
    title: Impacts of pending federal greenhouse gas legislation on the Texas transportation sector
  name:
    name part: Boske, Leigh B.
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: Woodward, James T. (James Terence)
    name part: 1982-
  name:
    name part: Southwest Region University Transportation Center (U.S.)
  name:
    name part: University of Texas at Austin
    name part: Center for Transportation Research.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: txu
    date issued: 2010
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: x, 45 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm.
  abstract: This 2010 study, funded by the Southwest Region University Transportation Center, assesses current regulatory attempts to mitigate climate change and how such proposed action would impact the Texas transportation sector economically. Social and political trends suggest the United States may soon join other United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) countries in drafting substantive, national climate change policy. After providing a brief overview of past and present climate efforts taken both nationally and internationally, this paper explores different economic solutions to address the externalities of fossil fuel emissions. Alternatives include command-and-control regulation, a carbon tax, and a cap-and-trade program. Several factors, including the difficulty of quantifying and constraining greenhouse gas emissions downstream at the vehicle tailpipe, suggest a carbon tax levied upon upstream refiners is the most promising market-based alternative to reduce carbon emissions within the United States's transportation sector. Texas business leaders and lawmakers have repeatedly voiced their disapproval of mandatory national carbon controls over the past decade. A crucial factor why much of the Lone Star State's populace remains opposed to climate change action is Texas leads the nation's energy industry, which is decidedly fossil-fuel based and therefore carbon intensive. Prevailing thought is a carbon tax would only elevate fuel prices increasing the cost of residential and commercial activity heavily dependent on motor vehicles. This paper articulates how greenhouse gas legislation may financially impact transportation within the Lone Star State and concludes with ways energy and environmental policymakers can build consensus within Texas to address the carbon externality.
  note: by Leigh B. Boske [and] James T. Woodward.
  note: Performed by: Center for Transportation Research, University of Texas at Austin.
  note: "Supported by a general revenues from the State of Texas"--Technical rept. documentation p.
  note: "May 2010."
  note: "SWUTC/10/161021-1."
  note: Also available online.
  note: Sponsored by: Southwest Region University Transportation Center, Texas Transportation Institute, Texas A & M University System
  note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 37-45).
  subject:
    geographic code: n-us-tx
  subject:
    topic: Greenhouse gas mitigation
    topic: Law and legislation
    topic: Compliance costs
    geographic: Texas
  subject:
    topic: Carbon taxes
    geographic: Texas
  subject:
    topic: Transportation
    topic: Environmental aspects
    geographic: Texas
  subject:
    topic: Energy policy
    geographic: Texas
  subject:
    topic: Environmental policy
    geographic: Texas
  subject:
    topic: Carbon taxes
  subject:
    topic: Greenhouse gases
  subject:
    topic: Regulations
  subject:
    topic: Economic factors
  subject:
    topic: Climate Change
    topic: Greenhouse Gas
    topic: Carbon Tax
    topic: Transportation
    topic: Railroad
    topic: Truck
    topic: Texas
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Research report (Southwest Region University Transportation Center (U.S.)) ; no. 10/161021-1
  record info:
    record content source: OHDOT
    record creation date: 100723
    record change date: 20151201155032.0
    record identifier: in00002605851