Full Title: Forging the Climate Consensus: Domestic and International Offsets
Author(s): W. Reilly (Co-Chair), J. Rowe (Co-Chair), S. Tierney (Co-Chair), et al.
Publisher(s): National Commission on Energy Policy, Bipartisan Policy Center
Publication Date: September 1, 2009
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Description (excerpt):
This paper outlines the Commission’s most recent thinking on offsets in the context of current proposals before Congress. In the process, we provide some background on offsets generally and review the main offset provisions of the Waxman-Markey bill and recent Senate bills. We begin by summarizing the chief insights andrecommendations that have emerged from our own exploration of these issues.