Legal pathways to deep decarbonization in the United States : summary and key recommendations /
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Washington, D.C. :
Environmental Law Institute,
2018.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction / by John C. Dernbach
- Part I. Context. Chapter 1: Technical and Economic Feasibility of Deep Decarbonization in the United States / by James H. Williams, David Ismay, Ryan A. Jones, Gabe Kwok, and Ben Haley
- Part II. Cross-Cutting Approaches to Reducing Emissions. Chapter 2: Carbon Pricing / by Shi-Ling Hsu ; Chapter 3: Behavior / by Michael P. Vandenbergh and Paul C. Stern ; Chapter 4: Technological Innovation / by Gary E. Marchant ; Chapter 5: Financing Large-Scale Projects / by Robert Freedman, Monica Lamb, and Claire Melvin ; Chapter 6: Financing at the Grid Edge / by C. Baird Brown ; Chapter 7: Materials Consumption and Solid Waste / by Michael Burger ; Chapter 8: International Trade / by Elizabeth Trujillo
- Part III. Energy Efficiency, Conservation, and Fuel Switching in Buildings and Industry. Chapter 9: Lighting, Appliances, and Other Equipment / by Kit Kennedy ; Chapter 10: New Buildings / by Lee Paddock and Caitlin McCoy ; Chapter 11: Existing Buildings / by James Charles Smith ; Chatper 12: Industrial Sector / by Gregg P. Macey
- Part IV. Energy Efficiency, Conservation, and Fuel Switching in Transportation. Chapter 13: Transforming Transportation Demand / by Trip Pollard ; Chapter 14: Light-Duty Vehicles / by Amy L. Stein and Joshua P. Fershée ; Chapter 15: Heavy-Duty Vehicles and Freight / by Andrea Hudson Campbell, Avi B. Zevin, and Keturah A. Brown ; Chapter 16: Aviation / by Aoife O'Leary ; Chapter 17: Shipping / by Aoife O'Leary
- Part V. Electricity Decarbonization. Chapter 18: Utility-Scale Renewables / by Michael B. Gerrard ; Chapter 19: Distributed Renewable Energy / by K.K. DuVivier ; Chapter 20: Transmission, Distribution and Storage: Grid Integration / by Alexandra B. Klass ; Chapter 21: Nuclear Energy / by David A. Repka and Tyson R. Smith ; Chapter 22: Hydropower / by Charles R. Sensiba, Michael A. Swiger, and Sharon L. White ; Chapter 23: Electricity Charges, Mandates, and Subsidies, by Jim Rossi ; Chapter 24: Phasing Out the Use of Fossil Fuels for the Generation of Electricity / by Steven Weissman and Réna Kakon (with appendices by Stephen Herzenberg and Michael B. Gerrard)
- Part VI. Fuel Decarbonization. Chapter 25: Bioenergy Feedstocks / by Blake Hudson and Uma Outka ; Chapter 26: Production and Delivery of Low-Carbon Gaseous Fuels / by Romany M. Webb and Melinda E. Taylor ; Chapter 27: Production and Delivery of Bioenergy Fuels / by James M. Van Nostrand
- Part VII. Carbon Capture and Negative Emissions. Chapter 28: Carbon Capture and Sequestration / by Wendy B. Jacobs and Michael T. Craig ; Chapter 29: Negative Emissions Technologies and Direct Air Capture / by Tracy Hester ; Chapter 30: Agriculture / by Peter H. Lehner and Nathan A. Rosenberg ; Chapter 31: Forestry / by Federico Cheever with Robert B. McKinstry, Jr., and Robert L. Fischman
- Part VIII. Non-Carbon Dioxide Climate Pollutants. Chapter 32: Black Carbon / by Melissa Powers ; Chapter 33: Methane / by Steven Ferrey with Romany M. Webb ; Chapter 34: Fluorinated Gases / by Nathan Borgford-Parnell, Stephen Oliver Andersen, and Durwood Zaelke ; Chapter 35: Nitrous Oxide / by Jessica Wentz and David Kanter
- Key Recommendations Organized by Actor.