Karen Palmer
on Cleaning Up
Power Plant Emissions

Reduction in fine particulates should be the central purpose of a national environmental initiative to reduce emissions of multiple pollutants associated with generating electricity, but it needs to be integrated with a policy for greenhouse gas reductions as well.

Dallas Burtraw has concentrated his research interests on the restructuring of the electric utility market, the design of environmental regulation, and the costs and benefits to society of such regulation. His recent work focuses on multipollutant policy choices, greenhouse gas emissions, tradable emission permits, and valuation of natural resource improvements.
Chapter 3. A Carbon Tax to Reduce the Deficit

Karen L. Palmer  explores the environmental and economic consequences of electricity restructuring and studies environmental policies focused on electricity generators. She also researches the economics of recycling and product stewardship. A former visiting economist at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, she is coauthor of Alternating Currents: Electricity Markets and Public Policy.
Chapter 10. State Innovation for Environmental Improvements: Experimental Federalism

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