Environmentalist vs Environmental
1. Is there merit in the claims by the environmental justice advocates that pollution by “major polluters” will increase under cap-and-trade?
2. Is a carbon tax any different from a cap-and-trade system if the tax is set to achieve 1990 emissions levels?
3. In addition to environmental justice considerations, were there other considerations that motivated the lawsuit? That is, is their objection to cap-and trade or to offsets?
4. Will a carbon tax satisfy the plaintiffs?
5. How should ARB take environmental justice considerations into account?