| Description |
1 online resource (VI, 44 pages) : color illustrations |
| Contents |
1. Introduction. -- 2. Measuring success in reducing emissions. -- 3. Emissions reductions from industry and transportation. -- 4. Policies to reduce emissions or boost renewable energy. -- 5. Equity and environmental justice. -- 6 Conclusion. -- Appendix: State sampling strategy. -- Endnotes |
| Summary |
From 2005 to 2018, the United States reduced its carbon dioxide emissions from the energy sector by 12 percent, but the national average masks wide variation in performance across states. Declines in emissions were dramatic in some states; in others, emissions changed little or even grew. What explains this variation? What might policymakers learn from the states reducing emissions? This report focuses on 16 U.S. states that are representative of the country. The first section of this paper describes facts about greenhouse gas emissions in the 16 states sampled: where they fell, by what magnitude, etc. The second assesses how specific policies might have affected these outcomes. The analysis here focuses on the power sector, where the biggest reductions were made, and policy instruments that supported decarbonization of the power sector. The third section looks at equity and environmental justice. A final section presents the report's main conclusions |
| Notes |
"A report of the CSIS Energy Security and Climate Change Program." |
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"August 2021." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 39-44) |
| Notes |
"This report is made possible by the Sloan Foundation." |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (CSIS, viewed September 6, 2021) |
| Subject |
Greenhouse gases -- Government policy -- United States -- States
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Greenhouse gases -- United States -- Prevention -- States -- Statistics
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Climatic changes -- Prevention -- Government policy -- United States -- States
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| Genre/Form |
Statistics.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Tsafos, Nikos, author
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Naimoli, Stephen, author
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Center for Strategic and International Studies (Washington, D.C.), publisher.
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