New York Times: "EPA Proposes First Limits on Climate Pollution from Existing Power Plants"

RFF Senior Fellow Dallas Burtraw is quoted in a breaking news story about the US Environmental Protection Agency's new proposed regulations to limit power plant pollution.

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Date

May 11, 2023

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Media Highlight

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The New York Times

“Each of these several regulations from the E.P.A. are contributing to the whole picture that is necessary to steer this ocean liner away from the worst climate disaster,” said Dallas Burtraw, an economist with Resources for the Future, a nonpartisan research organization that focuses on energy and environmental policy.

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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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