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Scrap the carbon tariff

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Despite their political popularity, carbon tariffs will be next to impossible to implement effectively, and as such will do little to solve the climate problem.

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  1. Christopher Weber and H. Scott Matthews are in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, Catherine Izard, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.,

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  2. Catherine Izard and H. Scott Matthews are also in the Department of Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University.,

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