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A climate gift or a lump of coal? : Emission impacts of Canadian and U.S. greenhouse gas regulations in the electricity sector

9 Oct 2014

This policy brief addresses this question of GHG impacts. It explores two aspects of the GHG reductions that will occur as a result of the proposed U.S. policy and the Canadian regulations: GHG impacts on total national emissions pledges and on sector emissions. In both cases, it assesses the GHG impact in 2020, the Copenhagen pledge year and, in 2030, the period when nationally determined contributions are contemplated.
environment energy climate change mitigation politics economics air pollution greenhouse gas coal global warming fossil fuel greenhouse gases electricity generation natural gas climate change mitigation gas environmental pollution energy industry emissions trading epa carbon tax ghg emissions carbon offset energy and resource environmental politics climate action mitigate emission intensity coal-fired

Authors

Dion, Jason, Sawyer, Dave, Gass, Phil

Pages
18
Published in
Ottawa, Ontario

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