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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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Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E): Innovation through the U.S. Department of Energy

Creating a low-carbon future for the United States requires innovative clean energy technologies that are cost-effective compared to the fossil fuels the country has long relied on. The U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) was …

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Summary of the Clean Energy Standard Act of 2012 (S.2146)

This document summarizes the Clean Energy Standard Act of 2012 of the 112th Congress, as introduced by Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) on March 1, 2012. Sec. 1. Short Title. This Act may be cited as the “Clean Energy Standard Act …

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The Bingaman Clean Energy Standard: What is “Clean”?
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Federal Agencies Respond to Risks of Climate Change