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US climate change policy and the power sector

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On 2 June 2014 the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published its proposed performance standards to reduce CO2 emissions from existing power stations. In 2012, these stations accounted for about 38.5% of US energy-related CO2 emissions, chiefly from coal. To date, the EPA proposal is the most substantial federal policy initiative aimed at reducing CO2 emissions in the US. However, other developments will also influence CO2 emissions from the power sector. In this paper, David Rob...

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Institution:
University of Oxford
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Oxford Institute for Energy Studies
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Oxford Institute for Energy Studies
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OIES paper
Publication date:
2014-01-01
Paper number:
EV 61
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English
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2015-03-04

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