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The Real Options for U.S. Climate Policy

Posted on June 23, 2010 by Robert Stavins

The time has not yet come to throw in the towel regarding the possible enactment in 2010 of meaningful economy-wide climate change policy (such as that found in the Waxman-Markey legislation passed by the U.S. House of Representatives in June, … Continue reading >

Posted in Climate Change Policy, Economic Stimulus Policy, Energy Economics, Energy Policy, Environmental Economics, Environmental Policy, Natural Resource Economics, Natural Resource Policy, Positive Political Economy | Tagged Assembly Bill 32, baseline-and-credit system, Best Available Control Technology, biofuels, Cap-and-Dividend, cap-and-trade, carbon capture and storage (CCS), carbon pricing, carbon tax, Clean Air Act, Clean Development Mechanism, Clean Energy Standards, CLEAR Act, cost-effectiveness, distortionary taxes, Dormant Commerce Clause, economic stimulus package, efficiency, emission-reduction-credit system, endangerment finding, energy security, Environment and Natural Resources Committee, Environmental Law Institute, environmental politics, ethanol, G20, global climate policy, Gulf oil spill, import allowance requirement, International Energy Agency, Kerry-Lieberman legislation, leaded gasoline phasedown, linkage of cap-and-trade systems, market failure, market-based environmental policies, Massachusetts v EPA, mobile source standards, National Bureau of Economic Research, new source performance standards, New Source Review, NIMBY, Obama Administration, oil import fee, output-based updating allocation, populism, President Barack Obama, President George H.W. Bush, price collar, principal-agent problem, Professor Lawrence Goulder, public nuisance litigation, Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, regulation, Renewable Portfolio Standard, revenue-neutral taxes, sectoral approaches, Senator Jay Rockefeller, Senator Jeff Bingaman, Senator Lamar Alexander, Senator Lisa Murkowski, Senator Maria Cantwell, Senator Richard Lugar, Senator Susan Collins, Senator Thomas Carper, stepwise regulation, subsidies, sulfur dioxide, tailoring rule, technological change, technological diffusion, technology innovation, three-pollutant legislation, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Waxman-Markey legislation, Western Climate Initiative, World Resources Institute | 8 Comments

Here We Go Again: A Closer Look at the Kerry-Lieberman Cap-and-Trade Proposal

Posted on May 18, 2010 by Robert Stavins

As with the Waxman-Markey bill (H.R. 2454), passed by the House of Representatives last June, there is now some confusing commentary in the press and blogosphere about the allocation of allowances in the new Senate proposal — the American Power … Continue reading >

Posted in Climate Change Policy, Energy Economics, Energy Policy, Environmental Economics, Environmental Policy | Tagged American Power Act, cap-and-trade, cost-effectiveness, distributional equity, efficiency, environmental politics, externalities, global climate policy, import allowance requirement, Kerry-Lieberman legislation, market-based environmental policies, Obama Administration, output-based updating allocation, U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Waxman-Markey legislation | 9 Comments

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The Real Options for U.S. Climate Policy

Here We Go Again: A Closer Look at the Kerry-Lieberman Cap-and-Trade Proposal

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