The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) continues to move ahead with regulation of greenhouse gas emissions …

In 2009, President Obama pledged that, by 2020, the United States would achieve reductions in greenhouse gas emissions … efficiency, and subnational efforts. Nonetheless, global emissions likely will be greater than if comprehensive climate …

The direct sale of emissions allowances by auction is an emerging characteristic of cap-and-trade programs. This study … pollution have started with a generous allocation of allowances relative to recent emissions history, a situation we refer to as … studied are efficient in allocating emissions allowances, but auction revenues tend to be lower relative to competitive …

Auctions are increasingly being used to allocate emissions allowances (“permits”) for cap and trade and common …

Policies to cap emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), such as the recently announced agreement among seven northeastern … emissions allowances through an auction so as to direct revenues to tax relief or other public investments. However, an auction …

-related public health threat facing the nation. We present an integrated process model of the engineering economics of technologies … to reduce methane and ammonia emissions at dairy operations in California. Three policy options are explored: greenhouse … policies appears to be sufficient to provide the economic incentive for farm operators to reduce emissions. We report on …

engineering cost analyses and sectoral optimization models. Our estimated sequestration supply function is similar to the carbon …