Publications by Tim Profeta
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Regulating Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Existing Sources: Section 111(d) and State Equivalency
March 2012
On December 9, 2011, the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions convened a broad range of stakeholders to explore the legal and policy issues presented by the regulation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions under 111(d) (existing source performance standards) of the Clean Air Act. The workshop focused primarily on the options for states to demonstrate that existing GHG policies are equivalent to the 111(d) requirements. The Nicholas Institute distributed this document to workshop participants prior to the event to provide a framework for the issues that would be discussed. Nothing in this document should be interpreted as expressing the Institute’s opinion of the path the EPA should take on any given issue.
Examination of the Carbon Fee Alternative for the State of California
June 2011 - by Brian C. Murray, Jan V. Mazurek, and Timothy H. Profeta
The California Air Resources Board (ARB), as a result of a recent court decision, is required to provide information about a carbon fee as one of several alternatives to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. Other alternatives include direct regulation of facilities, cap and trade, and a mix of sectoral strategies. This paper examines the carbon fee as an option for controlling greenhouse gases and compares it to other regulatory alternatives, such as the cap-and-trade approach ARB initially decided to take.
Avoiding the Glorious Mess: A Sensible Approach to Climate Change and the Clean Air Act
October 2010 - by Jonas Monast, Tim Profeta, and David Cooley
In March 2010, the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke University, the Duke University School of Law, and the Center for Law, the Environment, Adaptation, and Resources (CLEAR) at the University of North Carolina School of Law convened many of the nation’s legal experts on the Clean Air Act for an event in Durham, North Carolina, to examine the options for regulating GHGs under the Act. This report builds upon some of the ideas discussed at that meeting and described in recent publications, with the goal of identifying a viable approach to GHG regulation through the current Clean Air Act in the event that Congress does not act on comprehensive climate legislation.
Sticking Points in Offsets Policy
January 2010 - by Lydia Olander, Tim Profeta, and Christopher Galik
Nicholas Institute Discussion Memo
Strategic Reserve Coupons
October 2009 - by Jon A. Anda, Nathaniel O. Keohane, Peter Maniloff, Brian Murray and Tim Profeta
A New Idea for Cost Containment
Memo on H.R. 2454: Targets and Timetables
August 2009 - by Tim Profeta and Prasad Kasibhatla
Nicholas Institute Discussion Memo on H.R. 2454, American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009
Allowing States to Retire Allowances without Affecting National Allowance Prices: A Straw Proposal
March 2009 - by Nicholas Bianco, Jonas Monast, Tim Profeta and Franz Litz
U.S. Carbon Market Design: Regulating Emission Allowances as Financial Instruments
February 2009 - by Jonas Monast, Jon Anda and Tim Profeta
The U.S. Climate Policy Debate: How Climate Politics are Moving Forward on Capitol Hill and in the White House
September 2008 - by Tim Profeta
Designing Offsets Policy for the U.S.
May 2008 - by Lydia Olander with the assistance of Tim Profeta, Brian Murray, Christopher Galik, and Megan Dawson
California, Climate Change, and the Constitution
September 2007 - by Erwin Chemerinsky, Brigham Daniels, Brettny Hardy, Tim Profeta, Christopher H. Schroeder, and Neil S. Siegel
Pathway to Ocean Ecosystem-Based Management: Design Principles for Regional Ocean Governance in the United States
October 2005 - by Ingrid Nugent and Tim Profeta
Design Principles of a Cap and Trade System for Greenhouse Gases
June 2005 - by Tim Profeta and Brigham Daniels
No environmental challenge is more intertwined with our way of life than global climate change. Fundamentally, processes that produce greenhouse gases sustain our economy. Most of the nergy sources we rely upon release substantial amounts of greenhouse gases. Other major sectors of our economy, such as the agricultural and forestry sectors, control the ebb and flow of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere through their ability to store carbon in organic forms.
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