"Only Markets Can Make the Green New Deal Real"

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May 3, 2019

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"Utilities claimed it would cost up to $7 billion a year to comply by adding many pricey 'scrubbers' to their generating units; the U.S. estimated more than $2 billion, says Dallas Burtraw of Resources for the Future, a think tank."

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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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