Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2011

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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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2009

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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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2010

If they don’t have enough allowances to cover their emissions they must purchase more or face a penalty. The opportunities for private-parties to buy and sell emissions allowances, and to purchase any allowances auctioned by the state, lie behind cap and trade’s potential to achieve emissions reductions at low cost to the overall economy.

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