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

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Air--Pollution.

Air.

Environmental law.

Licenses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (6 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2004.

System Details:

text file

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.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Nov. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Global Climate Change

Access Restriction:

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