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To meet the climate challenge, the United States needs a comprehensive national approach. Well-designed federal policy can cut emissions and strengthen resilience while driving economic growth.

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SAF Tech Working Group identifies four policies needed for takeoff
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Sustainable Aviation Fuel: Policy Recommendations to Enable a Low-carbon Fuel Mix

Click here for a factsheet summarizing the Sustainable Aviation Fuel recommendations. From pioneering technical advancements to commercial aviation dominance, the United States has been a leader in the aviation sector since the industry’s inception. In today’s era of global economic …

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Comments on the DOE Carbon Management Strategy Draft

These comments were submitted to the U.S. Department of Energy on December 10, 2024.

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Carbon Pricing Proposals in the 118th Congress

There are various market-based approaches to pricing carbon (e.g., carbon tax, cap and trade, clean energy standard). All of these approaches can reduce emissions cost-effectively while driving clean energy innovation. This factsheet compares two carbon tax proposals introduced in the …

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Carbon Border Adjustment Provisions in the 118th Congress

Carbon border adjustment mechanisms (CBAM) are an emerging set of trade policy tools that aim to prevent carbon-intensive economic activity from moving out of jurisdictions with relatively stringent climate policies and into those with relatively less stringent policies. Border adjustments …

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Bringing Home the Benefits of Federal Clean Energy Investments
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Recommendations from C2ES’s Engineered Carbon Removal Working Group
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Reacting to Industry’s Needs: Nuclear’s Role in Industrial Decarbonization
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C2ES Comments on IRC Sections 45Y and 48E

These comments were submitted to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service on August 2, 2024.

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Clean Transition Tariffs: An innovative way to accelerate power sector emission reductions