Classification of carbon dioxide as a criteria pollutant under the National Ambient Air Quality Syandard (NAAQS) may effectively trigger a form of cap and trade policy that promotes reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions on a regional basis over time. While economy‐wide cap and trade...

California is a leader in developing and implementing policies that reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, improve air quality, and encourage efficient use of energy and other resources. At the same time policymakers are often limited in their access to transparent and high-quality technical and...

The abundance and low cost of petroleum over the past 150 years has enabled rapid economic growth and extraordinary mobility advancements. But dependence on petroleum fuels also has large downsides, including dependence on insecure supplies, volatile prices causing high economic costs, polluted...