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Discussion Paper Suggests Mechanisms for Addressing Biofuel GHG Emissions Under Cap-and-Trade Schemes; Avoiding the Renewability Shortcut and Moving Toward Carbon Management for All Transportation Fuels

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DeCicco, formerly on staff at the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), is now a Senior Lecturer at the University of Michigan’s School of Natural Resources and Environment. In particular, it fails to cover many GHG emissions during the production of biofuels and their feedstocks. DeCicco (2009). Emissions missed by a fossil-based cap.

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Univ. of Michigan researcher recommends shifting the basis of fuel carbon regulation from lifecycle analysis to ABC accounting

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Although fully establishing this ideal will not be possible initially, climate protection is best served by putting its elements in place from the inception of a policy regime rather than using approaches such as LCA that are poorly grounded in the principles of sound environmental management. —John DeCicco.

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2018 Environmental Performance Index: Air quality top public health threat

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Now in its twentieth year, the biennial report is produced by researchers at Yale and Columbia Universities in collaboration with the World Economic Forum. Switzerland’s top ranking reflects strong performance across most issues, especially air quality and climate protection. Disability-Adjusted Life Years lost due to PM 2.5.

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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Public finance is important, but private sector investment will play a much bigger role, and how that’s mobilized is a key issue ,” says Nobuo Tanaka, executive director of the International Energy Agency. Western Climate Initiative, available at: [link]. Issues Regional Cap-and-Trade Programs Must Address. TLC and Equity Capital.

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