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Key Insights from a Solutions Forum on Carbon Pricing and Clean Power

States will have tremendous flexibility to choose how to reduce carbon emissions under the Clean Power Plan. One idea states are exploring is putting a price on carbon. The first C2ES Solutions Forum — held on April 15, 2015 — …

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Canadian Hydropower and the Clean Power Plan

Hydropower makes up a sizable share of the U.S. electricity supply. A significant portion of this is imported from Canada, which is linked to the U.S. electricity grid through dozens of connections along the border. Expansion of this resource is …

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Continuing to lead by example on federal sustainability
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Power can be both clean and reliable
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Climate progress in 2014 sets the stage for 2015 action
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5 ideas for EPA’s Clean Power Plan
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Cross-State Electricity Load Reductions Under EPA’s Proposed Clean Power Plan

States will likely invest in energy efficiency and renewable energy in order to comply with the Clean Power Plan. Yet the flow of power between states creates accounting problems since the actions of power importers can affect those of exporters. …

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Don’t toss out the good electricity with the bad
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Climate Interest, But No Action in the 113th Congress
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Good progress on Climate Action Plan, but further to go