The Scandinavian countries first enacted carbon taxes in the early 1990s. Several other countries and jurisdictions recently have followed. For example, two Canadian provinces enacted carbon taxes in 2007 and 2008, Ireland enacted a carbon tax in 2010, and Australia enacted a carbon tax in 2012. China officially announced its intention to impose a carbon tax but backed away from implementing the tax in 2013 based on concerns that such a tax would harm the economy and slow growth. In the United States, Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) introduced the Climate Protection Act, which would impose a carbon tax in the United States to reduce GHG emissions.

Countries implementing carbon taxes have faced several challenges. Carbon taxes have potentially significant impacts for individuals, businesses, and governments. Detractors of carbon taxes suggest their efficiency may be overstated, they do not necessarily result in environmental benefits, may have regressive impacts, and may push businesses out of the jurisdiction by increasing costs. Proponents counter that carbon taxes most efficiently reduce greenhouse gas emissions and result in environmental benefits, resource preservation and energy security, and economic benefits.

This 90-minute webinar is designed to:

• Provide a brief background on carbon taxes
• Offer in-depth discussions of three jurisdictions with carbon taxes
• Furnish an overview of the possible positive and negative impacts of carbon taxes
• Address cutting-edge issues related to carbon taxes, including the potential role of carbon offsets in a carbon tax scheme and the practical distinctions between emissions trading schemes and carbon taxes

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Claudia O’Brien, Latham & Watkins LLP; Michael Dreibelbis; Latham & Watkins LLP; C. Genevieve Jenkins; Latham & Watkins LLP; and Miles Farmer, Latham & Watkins LLP

Claudia O’Brien is a partner in the Washington D.C., office of Latham & Watkins LLP and chair of the Air Quality & Climate Change Practice. She represents clients in agency petitions, rulemaking proceedings and litigation as well as on compliance and enforcement. Claudia has particular expertise in all aspects of the Clean Air Act and Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, as well as the Clean Water Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, and Endangered Species Act. Claudia’s expertise also extends to the regulations impacting genetically engineered plants. She possesses specialized technical and business knowledge of power plants (both fossil-fueled and biomass-fueled) and the pesticide industry, as well as particular expertise in toxicology and risk assessment.


Michael Dreibelbis is an associate in the Environment, Land & Resources Department of the New York office of Latham & Watkins. He represents clients in transactional and regulatory matters, including environmental commodities trading, complex corporate transactions, regulatory advocacy, and CERCLA proceedings. Michael’s experience includes advising Chevron on environmental commodities, climate policy and advocacy issues in California; a leading U.S. investment bank on its standard trading documentation for California allowances; a leading global investment bank on environmental liabilities associated with sea-borne commodities transport; independent power producers on power purchase agreements subject to California’s cap-and-trade program; and buyers, sellers, lenders, and underwriters in connection with a broad range of mergers, acquisitions and financing transactions


C. Genevieve Jenkins is an associate in the San Francisco office of Latham & Watkins LLC. Her practice primarily is focused on Environmental Litigation and White Collar Defense and Investigations. Genevieve has worked on a number of environmental matters involving the federal Clean Air Act; Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (Superfund); California Environmental Quality Act; and National Environmental Policy Act. She has done significant research on climate change issues, such as clean technologies and transportation. In her practice, she has acted as the second-chair in an insurance fraud case in California state court and been involved in a number of federal government investigations and company compliance efforts.


Miles Farmer is an associate in the Washington, D.C., office of Latham & Watkins LLC. His practice focuses on energy and environmental regulation, litigation, and transactions. Prior to becoming an associate, Miles served as a Summer associate at Latham & Watkins, a law clerk for the United States Senate Judiciary Committee, and as a fellow in public affairs at Coro Center for Civic Leadership in New York. Miles earned a J.D from Yale Law School in 2012.