Title page for E-project-082609-081443

Project Type IQP

Submission date 2009-08-26

Author
Andrew J Edwards, ST

URN E-project-082609-081443

Division Science and Technology: Policy and Management

Title The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative: CO2 Cap and Trade in New Hampshire

Advisor
Rissmiller, Kent J., SS

Availability unrestricted

Abstract
Our greatest challenge in confronting climate change will be the transition away from fossil fuel combustion as our primary source of electricity. The market-based policy of cap and trade is a preferable solution to this problem that forces electric generators to compete for the right to emit CO2 while minimizing damage to the economy. This policy is studied from the perspective of a state legislator deciding whether to adopt it, and evaluated in the context of a proposed federal policy.

Files
RGGI_IQP_2009.pdf

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Project Type	IQP
Submission date	2009-08-26
Author	Andrew J Edwards, ST
URN	E-project-082609-081443
Division	Science and Technology: Policy and Management
Title	The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative: CO2 Cap and Trade in New Hampshire
Advisor	Rissmiller, Kent J., SS
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract Our greatest challenge in confronting climate change will be the transition away from fossil fuel combustion as our primary source of electricity. The market-based policy of cap and trade is a preferable solution to this problem that forces electric generators to compete for the right to emit CO2 while minimizing damage to the economy. This policy is studied from the perspective of a state legislator deciding whether to adopt it, and evaluated in the context of a proposed federal policy.
Files	RGGI_IQP_2009.pdf