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Carbon counts: incorporating the benefits of climate protection into federal rulemaking [1]

The United States is developing national climate legislation. While the nation debates and assembles a comprehensive policy, federal agencies are issuing important policies ? from clean energy codes to air pollution standards ? that affect greenhouse gas emissions today. For these policies, the final choice
among different regulatory alternatives can have significant consequences for global warming pollution. Ensuring that ?carbon counts? in the development of federal rules is critical to identify and implement cost-effective opportunities for greenhouse gas reductions.

Publication Date: 
28/10/2008
Martha Roberts [2], Nancy Spencer [3]
Environmental Defense Fund [4]
Tags:
Carbon Dioxide [5], Fuel Economy Standards [6], Climate Change [7], Green House Gases [8], Global Warming [9], Climate Economics [10], Climate Impacts [11], Energy Efficiency [12], United States Of America (US) [13]
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