Testimony on California's Statewide Trends of Greenhouse Gas Emissions to the Joint Legislative Committee on Climate Change Policies

RFF Darius Gaskins Senior Fellow Dallas Burtraw testified to California's Joint Legislative Committee on Climate Change Policies about the Independent Emissions Market Advisory Committee's 2023 annual report on the state's carbon market and related areas of environmental and economic performance.

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March 11, 2024

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Dallas Burtraw

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Testimony and Public Comments

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Dallas Burtraw

Darius Gaskins Senior Fellow

Dallas Burtraw is the Darius Gaskins Senior Fellow at RFF. Burtraw’s research includes analysis of the distributional and regional consequences of climate policy and the evolution of electricity markets, including renewables integration.

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