Here are some links we think you’ll find helpful in understanding carbon tax and carbon emission issues in general, and carbon tax issues in Boulder and the region specifically.

General Carbon Tax

Carbon Tax Center
A non-profit, non-governmental organization that aims to create a discussion of carbon taxes in the national arena, and at the state and local levels as well.
Climate Ark
Climate Change and global warming portal. For the last several years it has proposed a small U.S. government federal charge initially of $5 per ton of carbon emitted as CO2, which for gasoline is about 1 cent per gallon.
Cool Cities
A website of the 776 cities in the United States that have made a commitment to stopping global warming by limiting their carbon emission.
Kyoto Protocols
These are the standards Boulder City Council pledged to meet through adoption of its Climate Action Plan.

Boulder Energy and Environment

Be Climate Smart
An effort by the City of Boulder’s Office of Environmental Affairs, Boulder County and other participating municipalities to to help individuals, families and businesses increase their energy efficiency and reduce their carbon footprint.
Energy and Climate Changing Portal
Environmental information from city of Boulder, CO.
Boulder Green
Jenifer Roberts writes about her efforts to live a more eco-responsible life in Boulder. She takes a look at where and what to buy locally to live more eco-friendly.

Private Sector/Business Sector:

Boulder Chamber of Commerce
Read comments regarding Boulder City Action Plan
OpenEco.org
An open online community created by Sun Microsystems to help organizations calculate, compare, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The site requires that participants share data, transparently or anonymously, with other community participants.

Regional Initiatives

Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
Focuses on local action plans throughout the country. The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI or “ReGGIe”) is a cooperative effort by nine Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states to discuss the design of a regional cap-and-trade program initially covering carbon dioxide emissions from power plants in the region.
Greenprint Denver
Denver’s action plan track their environmental impact.
Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
Ongoing effort (begun 2003) to craft permit rules for cap-and-trade system governing carbon emissions from electricity generation in Northeast U.S.

Global Warming Background and News

Environmental Health News
A daily digest of climate change; portal to 150 other websites around the world to help increase public understanding of emerging scientific links between environmental exposures and human health.
National Energy Research Database
Free online research library for renewable and conventional energy.
Environmental Defense
Read about the impact of carbon on the environment, global and health dangers, calculate your carbon impact and read about you can do to change it.
Natural Resources Defense Council
A portal to articles on global warming, tips to lower your oil and energy spending and host to an interactive online community.
Union of Concerned Scientists
Scientists offer background information on, and a portal to, important news about global warming. They also give information on personal, energy friendly choices from transportation to food.
World Resources Institute
The World Resources Institute is an environmental think tank that provides practical ways to protect the earth and improve people’s lives.

— This list compiled with the help of Anna-Katarina Gravgaard