March 17, 2015

U.S. States Could Adopt FVA-like Approach to Meet CO2 Goals

Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions

U.S. states could deploy a loose framework of rules to help meet federally-set utility emissions goals more cheaply and side-step political wrangling, a think tank said on Tuesday. States should adopt a “common elements” approach that may enable crediting mechanisms to develop, according to a policy brief by Duke University’s Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions.

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