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Coverage of Natural Gas Emissions & Flows Under a GHG Cap-and-Trade Program

Coverage of Natural Gas Emissions & Flows Under a GHG Cap-and-Trade Program

Prepared for the Pew Center on Global Climate Change
December 2008 

By:
Joel Bluestein
Senior Vice President, ICF International

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This paper provides an overview of the different point-of-regulation options for covering greenhouse gas emissions
from natural gas under a cap-and-trade program. The paper assesses the percentage of emissions covered under the different options and the type and number of entities and facilities regulated.

In this paper: