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he Impact of Climate Change Policies on Carbon-Intensive Manufacturing Industries in Oregon

he Impact of Climate Change Policies on Carbon-Intensive Manufacturing Industries in Oregon

Full Title: The Impact of Climate Change Policies on Carbon-Intensive Manufacturing Industries in Oregon
Author(s): Carol Zabin, Andrea Buffa, Lynn Scholl
Publisher(s):  UC Berkeley Labor Center
Publication Date: November 1, 2009
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Description (excerpt):

This policy brief focuses on the potential impact of climate change policies like cap-and-trade programs on carbon-intensive manufacturing in Oregon. Although Oregon is well-positioned to thrive in a clean energy economy, some of Oregon’s industries may be at risk as the clean energy transition occurs. These industries use large amounts of energy and emit large quantities of greenhouse gases, and will therefore face higher costs from the implementation of a cap-and-trade policy or other regulations that require firms to pay for the cost of emissions. It is important for policy makers to understand how climate change policies could impact these industries so they can design them in such a way as to minimize negative impacts on the state’s economy and safeguard the environmental integrity of the climate policies.

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