| Resolution Number: | 2018-C020 |
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| Title: | Urge Support for Carbon Accounting Policies for Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred as Amended |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That The Episcopal Church shall work with people of good will to materially reduce emissions of greenhouse gases in order to stabilize our climate; and be it further
Resolved, That the 79th General Convention of The Episcopal Church support public policy which may include Carbon Fee and Dividend model or other means accounting for greenhouse gas emissions from carbon based fuels to mitigate further irreversible climate change; and be it further
Resolved, That in implementing any such policies, the church will advocate for appropriate measures to reduce the economic impacts on poor people and people of modest income, which means might include use of a trust fund paid for with carbon fees and distributed to the poorest people first.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Austin, 2018 (New York: General Convention, 2018), p. 405. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | California |
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| Originating House: | House of Bishops |
| Originating Committee: | Environmental Stewardship and Care of Creation |
House of Bishops
The House of Bishops Committee on Environmental Stewardship and Care of Creation presented its Report #8 on Resolution C020 (Carbon Tax) and moved adoption with amendment.
Original Text of Resolution:
(C020)
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That the 79th General Convention of The Episcopal Church support a national tax on carbon-based fossil fuels based on the Carbon Fee and Dividend proposal of the Citizens’ Climate Lobby, which would impose a carbon fee on all fossil fuels and other greenhouse gases at the point where they first enter the economy; align US emissions with the physical constraints identified by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to avoid irreversible climate change; and use this carbon fee through a trust fund to make equal monthly per-person dividend payments to all American households.
Committee Amendment:
Resolved, the House of Deputies concurring, That the Episcopal Church shall work with people of good will to materially reduce emissions of greenhouse gases in order to stabilize our climate; and be it further
Resolved, That the 79th General Convention of The Episcopal Church
support a national tax on carbon-based fossil fuels based on
public policy which may include the a Carbon
Fee and Dividend model proposal of the Citizens’ Climate
Lobby or other means accounting for greenhouse gas emissions from
carbon based fuels, which would impose a carbon fee on all fossil
fuels and other greenhouse gases at the point where they first enter the
economy; align US emissions with the physical constraints identified by the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to
avoid mitigate further irreversible climate change;
and be it further
Resolved, That in implementing any such policies, the church will
advocate for appropriate measures to reduce the economic impacts on poor people
and people of modest income, which means might include and
use of a trust fund paid for with carbon fees and distributed to the poorest
people first. this carbon fee through a trust fund to make equal
monthly per-person dividend payments to all American households.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted with amendment
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #119)
House of Deputies
The House of Deputies Committee on Environmental Stewardship and Care of Creation presented its Report #5 on HB Message #119 on Resolution C020 (Carbon Tax) and moved concurrence.
Motion carried
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #236)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 11.
| Abstract: | The 79th General Convention calls on Episcopalians to support and advocate for justly implemented policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, such as a carbon tax. |
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