Research Cautions States Against Shortsighted Plans for EPA Carbon Rule ($)

States implementing U.S. EPA's Clean Power Plan run the risk of writing plans that limit short-term costs and impacts on the coal industry but make carbon reductions more difficult down the line, according to a new Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions study featured in ClimateWire.The draft rule sets different carbon dioxide emission rates for each state's power sector and tasks state officials with deciding how to reach those levels. The Nicholas Institute compared the effects of setting a price on carbon versus implementing different kinds of rate-based standards for electric generators. 

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