Forget Cap and Trade's Detractors, California's Carbon-Pricing Works

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June 23, 2016

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Los Angeles Times

"What the May auction really portends isn't the demise of the state's cap-and-trade project, but rather its success. Cap-and-trade programs have one goal: To reduce harmful pollution. And that is what is happening."

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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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