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Insights from a Comparative Analysis of Clean Power Plan Modeling
An updated context, including falling natural gas prices and the extension of federal tax credits, have prompted new modeling of the likely impacts of the Clean Power Plan. Five studies have recently been released analyzing the projected effects of the …
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Achieving the United States’ Intended Nationally Determined Contribution
More than 180 nations representing more than 95 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions offered “intended nationally determined contributions” (INDCs) to the Paris Agreement reached in December 2015. The United States’ INDC is an economy-wide target to reduce net greenhouse …
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Carbon trading under the Clean Power Plan
The following article appeared in the July 2016 issue of EM, the Magazine for Environmental Managers. The Clean Power Plan gives states the option to include carbon trading provisions in their state implementation plans. This carbon trading can come in …
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Details of the Clean Energy Incentive Program
Under its final Clean Power Plan (CPP), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) established the Clean Energy Incentive Program (CEIP) to encourage early action in meeting CPP objectives. The CEIP is a voluntary program for states to incentivize renewable and …