Air Quality and Health Co-Benefits of a Carbon Fee-and-Rebate Bill in Massachusetts
- Abstract
This report builds a model to calculate the health co-benefits that would result from a carbon fee in Massachusetts. The results indicate that the health co-benefits of a carbon fee in Massachusetts can be substantial, even though the policy was not designed as a public health measure. The annual health benefits of the carbon fee grow as the carbon fee rises, and peaks in 2035 with this fee schedule.
- Resource Type
- Report
- Authors
- Jonathan J. Buonocore, Sc.D. Renzo R. Guinto, M.D. Jonathan I. Levy, Sc.D Scott Nystrom, M.A Chris Brown, B.A. Aaron S. Bernstein, M.D. MPH
- Date
- April 27, 2017
- Institution
- Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard
- Health and Human Impact
- Overview/general
- GHGs
- Carbon dioxide Overview/general
- Solution
- Market mechanisms
- Region
- Northeast
- Other
- Co-benefits/co-harms