Legal pathways to deep decarbonization in the United States / edited by Michael B. Gerrard, John C. Dernbach.
Gerrard, Michael, 1951- editor.; Dernbach, John C., 1953- editor.; Environmental Law Institute, issuing body.
2019
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Title Legal pathways to deep decarbonization in the United States / edited by Michael B. Gerrard, John C. Dernbach.
Published Washington, D.C. : Environmental Law Institute, [2019]
Copyright ©2019
Call Number KF3812.2 .L44 2019
ISBN 1585761974
9781585761975
Description liv, 1,056 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
System Control No. (OCoLC)1088415881
Summary "[This book] is a 'legal playbook' that identifies well over 1,000 legal options for enabling the United States to address one of the greatest problems facing this country and the rest of humanity. The book addresses in detail 35 different topics in as many chapters, including energy efficiency, conservation, and fuel switching; electricity and fuel decarbonization; carbon capture and negative emissions; non-carbon dioxide climate pollutants; and a variety of cross-cutting issues. Authors were asked to include all legal options--federal, state, and local law, as well as private governance--even if they do not now seem politically realistic or likely, giving [this book] not just immediate value, but also value over time. While the scale and complexity of deep decarbonization are enormous, this book has a simple message: deep decarbonization is achievable in the United States using laws that exist or could be enacted. These legal tools can be used with significant economic, social, environmental, and national security benefits"-- Page [4] of cover.
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Added Author Gerrard, Michael, 1951- editor.
Dernbach, John C., 1953- editor.
Added Corporate Author Environmental Law Institute, issuing body.
introduction / John C. Dernbach
Part I. Context. Technical and economic feasibility of deep decarbonization in the United States / James H. Williams, David Ismay, Ryan A. Jones, Gabe Kwok, Ben Haley
Part II. Cross-cutting approaches to reducing emissions. Carbon pricing / Shi-Ling Hsu ; Behavior / Micahel P. Vandenbergh, Paul C. Stern ; Technological innovation / Gary E. Marchant ; Financing large-scale projects / Robert Freedman, Monica Lamb, Claire Melvin ; Financing at the grid edge / C. Baird Brown ; Materials consumption and solid waste / Michael Burger ; International trade / Elizabeth Trujillo
Part III. Energy efficiency, conservation, and fuel switching in buildings and industry. Lighting, appliances, and other equipment / Kit Kennedy ; New buildings / Lee Paddock, Caitlin McCoy ; Existing buildings / James Charles Smith ; Industrial sector / Gregg P. Macey
Part IV. Energy efficiency, conservation, and fuel switching in transportation. Transforming transportation demand / Trip Pollard ; Light-duty vehicles / Amy L. Stein, Joshua P. Fershée ; Heavy-duty vehicles and freight / Andrea Hudson Campbell, Avi B. Zevin, Keturah A. Brown ; Aviation ; Shipping / Aoife O'Leary
Part V. Electricity decarbonization. Utility-scale renewable generating capacity / Michael B. Gerrard ; Distributed renewable energy / K. K. DuVivier ; Transmission, distribution, and storage : grid integration / Alexandra B. Klass ; Nuclear energy / David A. Repka, Tyson R. Smith ; Hydropower / Charles R. Sensiba, Michael A. Swiger, Sharon L. White ; Electricity charges, mandates, and subsidies / Jim Rossi ; Phasing out the use of fossil fuels for the generation of electricity / Steven Weissman, Réna Kakon (with appendices by Stephen Herzenberg and Michael B. Gerrard)
Part VI. Fuel decarbonization. Bioenergy feedstocks / Blake Hudson, Uma Outka ; Production and delivery of low-carbon gaseous fuels / Romany M. Webb ; Production and delivery of biofuels / James M. Van Nostrand
Part VII. Carbon capture and negative emissions. Carbon capture and sequestration / Wendy B. Jacobs, Michael T. Craig ; Negative emissions technologies and direct air capture / Tracy Hester ; Agriculture / Peter H. Lehner, Nathan A. Rosenberg ; Forestry / Federico Cheever, Robert B. McKinstry Jr., Robert L. Fischman
Part VIII. Non-carbon dioxide climate pollutants. Black carbon / Melissa Powers ; Methane and climate change / Steven Ferrey, Romany M. Webb ; Fluorinated gases / Nathan Borgford-Parnell, Stephen Oliver Anderson, Durwood Zaelke ; Nitrous oxide / Jessica Wentz, David Kanter.

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