Global Climate Change : Controlling CO2 Emissions--Cost-Limiting Safety Valves.

Discusses proposed methods to limit costs involved with carbon dioxide emissions reduction, including a carbon tax, a contingent reduction scheme (where rate of emissions cap decline is determined by the market price of permits), auctioning an unlimited number of excess emissions permits at a set pr...

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Corporate Authors: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2004.
Series:U.S. Congressional Research.
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Summary:Discusses proposed methods to limit costs involved with carbon dioxide emissions reduction, including a carbon tax, a contingent reduction scheme (where rate of emissions cap decline is determined by the market price of permits), auctioning an unlimited number of excess emissions permits at a set price, and cost-based excess emissions penalties.
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