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Compared to command-and-control regulations, carbon pricing is a market-based mechanism that creates financial incentives to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Ten states that are home to over a quarter of the U.S. population and account for a third of U.S. …
The transportation sector was the second largest source of Canadian greenhouse gas emissions in 2016. From 2005 to 2016, transportation sector emissions grew about 6.8 percent, largely driven by passenger trucks and freight trucks. To change this trajectory, a number …
The transportation sector was the second largest source of Canadian greenhouse gas emissions in 2016. From 2005 to 2016, transportation sector emissions grew about 6.8 percent, largely driven by passenger trucks and freight trucks. To change this trajectory, a number …
Almost all carbon dioxide emissions in the electricity sector are produced by power plants burning fossil fuels. In 2016, the electricity sector was the fourth-largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in Canada. Coal-fired power plants accounted for nearly three-quarters of …
Canada has one of the cleanest electricity systems in the world. In 2016, about 80 percent of Canada’s electricity came from zero-emitting sources like conventional hydropower, wind, solar, and nuclear. Canada has set a goal of increasing the share of …
A greenhouse gas emissions target refers to the emission reduction levels that provinces set out to achieve by a specified time. Under the Paris Agreement, Canada pledged to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 30 percent below 2005 levels by 2030. Provinces, …
All provinces have completed comprehensive climate action plans. The plans detail steps that provinces intend to take to reduce their contribution to climate change and prepare for the impacts of a changing climate. The process of developing a climate action …
Compared to command-and-control regulations, carbon pricing is a market-based mechanism that creates financial incentives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, making the reductions cost effective. Three Canadian provinces that are home to about 48 percent of Canada’s population and accounting for …
Twenty-nine states and the District of Columbia require electric utilities to deliver a certain amount of electricity from renewable or alternative energy sources. Most of these requirements take the form of a “renewable portfolio standard” (RPS) adopted by 26 states …
Public benefit funds (PBF), also frequently referred to as system benefits charge, are state-level programs developed through the electric utility restructuring process as a measure to ensure continued support for cost-effective energy efficiency and/ or renewable energy programs. Supported programs …