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CO2 pricing not the most efficient method of reducing power sector emissions -study

Published 23:02 on July 26, 2022  /  Last updated at 23:02 on July 26, 2022  / William Koblensky Varela /  Americas, Carbon Taxes, US

Carbon pricing systems are only slightly more efficient than clean energy standards and subsidies in reducing emissions, and also lead to the overpricing of electricity, a recent working paper suggests.
Carbon pricing systems are only slightly more efficient than clean energy standards and subsidies in reducing emissions, and also lead to the overpricing of electricity, a recent working paper suggests.


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