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1 online resource. |
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polychrome. |
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text file |
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Climate change and its causes, effects and prediction series
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Climate change and its causes, effects, and prediction series.
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Includes documents prepared by the staff of the Committee on Energy and Commerce. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
CONSTRUCTING CLIMATECHANGE LEGISLATION:BACKGROUND AND ISSUES; CONTENTS; PREFACE; CLIMATE CHANGE LEGISLATION DESIGNWHITE PAPERGETTING THE MOST GREENHOUSE GASREDUCTIONS FOR OUR MONEY; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; BACKGROUND; Program Costs; Costs of Inaction; CAPTURING ECONOMICALLY BENEFICIAL AND LOW-COSTREDUCTIONS; CAP-AND-TRADE REGULATORY PROGRAM -CORNERSTONE OF A LOW COST PROGRAM; Flexibility; Incentives for Low-Cost Reductions; Incentives for Technology Advances; Principles for Smart Program Design and Implementation; Market Mechanisms to Manage Risk. |
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OPTIONAL CAP-AND-TRADE PROGRAM FEATURES TOCONTROL COSTSBanking; Offsets and International Trading; Firm-Level Borrowing from the Future; Multi-Year Compliance Periods; SPECIAL COST CONTAINMENT MECHANISMS: SAFETYVALVE, CIRCUIT BREAKER, INDEPENDENT AGENCY, ANDSTRATEGIC RESERVE; Safety Valve And Unlimited Allowances; Independent Agency with Broad Discretion to Release Allowances; STRATEGIC ALLOWANCE RESERVE AND AN AGENCY WITHLIMITED DISCRETION TO INTERVENE IN THE MARKET; Variations; A Price Floor for Allowances; Complementary Measures. |
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DISTRIBUTION OF ALLOWANCES OR PROCEEDS FROM THESALE OF ALLOWANCESBIG AND SMALL PLAYERS IN THE SAME MARKET; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; CLIMATE CHANGE LEGISLATION DESIGNWHITE PAPERAPPROPRIATE ROLES FOR DIFFERENTLEVELS OF GOVERNMENT; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; BACKGROUND; State and Local Climate Change Programs; RATIONALIZING GOVERNMENTAL ROLES; The Global Effect of Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Effect on the Level and Cost of National Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Efficient Use of Government and Societal Resources; The Benefit of States, Tribes, and Localities as Laboratories; Differing Local Circumstances. |
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Burden on Interstate CommerceThe Imposition of Burdens on other States; Stakeholder Needs; Balancing These Factors; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; CLIMATE CHANGE LEGISLATION DESIGNWHITE PAPERCOMPETITIVENESS CONCERNS/ENGAGINGDEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; RATE OF GROWTH IN CARBON EMISSIONS OF DEVELOPINGCOUNTRIES; U.N. FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE, KYOTO PROTOCOL, RECENT DEVELOPMENTS; POLICY OPTIONS FOR ENCOURAGING DEVELOPINGNATIONS TO LIMIT THEIR CARBON EMISSIONS; THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION -- PROCESS FORRESOLUTION OF TRADE DISPUTES. |
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POTENTIAL IMPLICATIONS OF WTO RULES/PROCESS FORU. S. CLIMATE CHANGE LEGISLATIONQuestions for Further Discussion; APPENDIX A: COMPARISON OF COUNTRIES' GREENHOUSEGAS EMISSIONS; REFERENCES; CLIMATE CHANGE LEGISLATION DESIGNWHITE PAPERSCOPE OF A CAP-AND-TRADE PROGRAM; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; KEY DESIGN PRINCIPLES; COVERAGE -- GREENHOUSE GASES; Economic Sectors; SUMMARY; REFERENCES; MEMORANDUM; INDEX. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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English. |
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Climatic changes -- Law and legislation -- United States.
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Climatic changes -- Law and legislation. |
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United States. |
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Greenhouse gases -- Law and legislation -- United States.
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Greenhouse gases -- Law and legislation. |
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Greenhouse gases. |
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Emissions trading -- Law and legislation -- United States.
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Emissions trading -- Law and legislation. |
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Overhauser, Gerald P.
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United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Constructing climate change legislation New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2009. 1606929860 (hbk.) (DLC) 2009499176 |
| ISBN |
9781617282003 ebook |
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1617282006 |
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1606929860 hardback |
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9781606929865 hardback |
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