Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions
September 2009

Issues and Concerns Regarding Design of a Greenhouse Gas Market

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In this testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry on September 9, 2009, Timothy Profeta describes the benefits of a market-based climate policy, lays out lessons from recent market failures, describes unique aspects of the U.S. carbon market, and proposes four principles for that market.