Community Forum on Carbon Fee and Rebate at First Church

Massachusetts state Rep. Jennifer Benson, D-Lunenburg, will present her proposed legislation for a Massachusetts carbon fee and rebate plan. Her bill proposes to charge Massachusetts fossil fuel importer companies a fee for every ton of carbon dioxide their fuel will create when burned. This will create a fund that will be rebated to households and businesses, and that will especially benefit low and moderate income households. Twenty percent of the funds will go to a Green Infrastructure Fund for investments in renewable energy, clean transportation and climate resilience projects.

There will be a panel of responders: Cindy Luppi, the New England Director of Clean Water Action, Dr. Jonathan Buonocore, from the Harvard School of Public Heath, and a panelist TBD focused on City of Boston climate change issues. There will be ample time for questions and comments from those attending.