Class Notes

Aug. 31-Literature Review

Intro to Fair Tax Coalition
Steve Holmes
Sustainable Communities Program Director
Vermont Natural Resources Council
9 Bailey Avenue
Montpelier, VT 05602
802-223-2328
802-223-0287 (fax)
sholmes@vnrc.org

Intro to Green taxes

Sept. 7-Literature Review
Intro to Ecological Economics
Origins of Green taxes

Sept. 14-Literature Review
Carbon Tax
European Carbon taxes
Green Tax theories

Sept. 21-Literature Review
Green tax strategies
Janet Milne, Director Environmental Tax Policy Institute
JMILNE@vermontlaw.edu
802-831-1266
Hazardous Waste-Mejia

Sept. 28-Current State Funding
Common Assets
Sky-trust

Oct. 5-Current State Funding
Green tax shift:
Andrew Hudson
VPIRG Field Organizer
802-223-5221 x4787
drew@vpirg.org

Oct. 12-Green tax research
Tax Reform that Agrees with Vermont: Appendix
Martin Luther King on Leadership

Oct. 19-Green tax research
Policy Analyst and Economic Researcher from the state of VT Tax Dept
Mike Wasser mwasser@tax.state.vt.us; and Susan Messner smesner@tax.state.vt.us

Oct. 26-Green tax research: Fair Tax Coalition Recommendations, and revisions

Nov. 2-Green tax research
Deb Brighton
98 Shard Villa Road
Salisbury, Vermont 05769
802-352-9074
802-352-9047 fax
brighton@sover.net

Nov. 9 -Green tax research

Nov. 16-Green tax research
Spencer Putnam, Executive director VBSR
spencep@vbsr.org
VBSR 30 Community Drive, Suite 2
South Burlington, VT 05403
Phone: (802) 862-8347 w Fax: (802) 863-1535

Nov.23-Green tax research

Nov. 30-Green tax research

Dec. 7 last class day-presentation

Dec. 14 reading/exam period