Resources for the Future: Clean Power Plan Stay 'Economically Unjustifiable'

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Date

June 8, 2016

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SNL Financial

"Resources for the Future has called the U.S. Supreme Court stay of the Clean Power Plan "economically unjustifiable" if the court did so based on claims from the rule's challengers that irreparable harm would be inflicted while the litigation runs its course."

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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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Josh Linn is a senior fellow at RFF. His research centers on the effects of environmental policies and economic incentives for new technologies in the transportation, electricity, and industrial sectors.

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