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Cheap at Twice the Price: EPA’s New Analysis of House Climate Bill

June 23, 2009

Posted by Dan Lashof in Solving Global Warming

Tags:
ACES, carbondioxide, energyandclimate2009, waxmanmarkey

With the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES) poised for an historic vote in the House of Representatives on Friday, the Environmental Protection Agency released a new analysis of the costs of implementing the legislation. This analysis finds that...continued

Distributing Allowance Value II: 80% for Consumers and Public Purposes

May 29, 2009

Posted by Dan Lashof in Solving Global Warming

Tags:
carboncaps, energyandclimate2009, waxmanmarkey

Rob Stavins of Harvard has posted a very useful analysis of the way allowance value is distributed in the Waxman-Markey American Clean Energy and Security Act reported by the Energy and Commerce Committee last week. Rob adds theoretical rigor and...continued

Watching a Master at Work

May 22, 2009

Posted by Dan Lashof in Solving Global Warming

Tags:
ACES, energyandclimate2009, waxman, waxmanmarkey

Last night I had the pleasure of watching Chairman Henry Waxman (D-CA) shepherd the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES) through the House Energy and Commerce Committee. The motion to "favorably report" the bill passed 33-25 after four grueling...continued

Distributing Allowance Value

May 15, 2009

Posted by Dan Lashof in Solving Global Warming

Tags:
capanddividend, capandinvest, carboncaps, energyandclimate2009, waxmanmarkey

The comprehensive clean energy and climate legislation, which is expected to move through the House Energy and Commerce Committee next week, establishes a limited number of carbon emission permits (aka "allowances") as the means to enforce a declining cap on...continued

Dan Lashof
Dan Lashof
Director, Climate Center
Washington, D.C.
I am the director of NRDC's climate center. My main focus is solutions to global...
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