Massachusetts’ Ambitious Climate Law Facing First Tests – WGBH.org

The new goal means offering incentives for consumers to adopt technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, like replacing an oil-burning furnace for an electric heat pump, Barrett said. It’s essentially the reverse of a carbon tax — a carrot instead of a stick.

“Carbon pricing penalizes energy sources that pollute. Social values pricing rewards energy sources that are clean,” Barrett said. “That should have been a no-brainer.”

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