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The Candidates on Climate and Energy: A Guide to the Key Policy Positions of President Obama and Governor Romney

This voter guide outlines the records and positions of President Barack Obama and former Gov. Mitt Romney on key climate and energy issues. A side-by-side summary at the top links to more details below. The nonpartisan guide is based on …

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Consumers and global climate will win with new vehicle standards
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Should wind tax credit stay or go?
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Congress Finally Reforms Flood Insurance
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A Green Light for Regulating GHGs under the Clean Air Act
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Our Comments on EPA’s Proposal to Regulate GHGs from New Power Plants
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Fixing A Broken National Flood Insurance Program: Risks And Potential Reforms

The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) insures 5.6 million American homeowners and some $1 trillion in assets. For many years, however, the premiums collected have not been sufficient to cover losses, resulting in a current debt to the U.S. Treasury …

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C2ES Comments on EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standard for New Power Plants

This document constitutes the comments of the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES) on the proposed standards of performance for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for new electric utility generating units (Proposal), proposed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) …

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Senate Hearing on Bingaman Clean Energy Standard
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NEORI Report Methodology

Summary The Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES) and the Great Plains Institute (GPI) conducted an analysis, with extensive input from the participants of National Enhanced Oil Recovery Initiative (NEORI), to inform NEORI’s recommendations for a federal production tax …

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