
PolicyDecember 17, 2019
Would a Green New Deal Add or Kill Jobs?
A shift to renewable energy powered by a carbon tax would create millions of new jobs, but the amount of money it would return to U.S. residents in rebates could vary considerably
Marilyn A. Brown is a professor of sustainable systems at the Georgia Institute of Technology's School of Public Policy. She is co-author of Empowering the Great Energy Transition: Policy for a Low-Carbon Future (Columbia University Press, 2019). http://cup.columbia.edu/book/a/9780231185967

Would a Green New Deal Add or Kill Jobs?
A shift to renewable energy powered by a carbon tax would create millions of new jobs, but the amount of money it would return to U.S. residents in rebates could vary considerably