US Counties Could Gain $1 Million in Annual Health Benefits From a Power Plant Carbon Standard

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June 7, 2016

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"'With the full range of climate, health, and ecosystem benefits taken into account, we would expect that the net benefits would be even larger and that the benefits would outweigh costs in all regions within a year or two of implementation,' added co-author Dallas Burtraw, Darius Gaskins Senior Fellow at Resources for the Future."

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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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