http://washingtonindependent.com/59196/eia-finds-u-s-is-already-halfway-to-house-climate-bills-emission-reduction-target National News in Context Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:40:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://washingtonindependent.com/59196/eia-finds-u-s-is-already-halfway-to-house-climate-bills-emission-reduction-target/comment-page-1#comment-76927 Look For A Silver Lining In The Carbon Cloud « Around The Sphere Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:13:39 +0000 http://washingtonindependent.com/?p=59196#comment-76927 [...] Kate Sheppard at Washington Independent: This also means that the various agencies toiling away at predictions for how much carbon dioxide reductions would cost the economy should perhaps revisit their predictions. The Congressional Budget Office, the EIA and the Environmental Protection Agency have all offered figures on the economic impacts of emissions reductions, but if the country is already halfway to the targets, the cost would likely be significantly lower. [...] [...] Kate Sheppard at Washington Independent: This also means that the various agencies toiling away at predictions for how much carbon dioxide reductions would cost the economy should perhaps revisit their predictions. The Congressional Budget Office, the EIA and the Environmental Protection Agency have all offered figures on the economic impacts of emissions reductions, but if the country is already halfway to the targets, the cost would likely be significantly lower. [...]

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