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PowerPoint: Cap and Auction 101 - Will Steger Foundation

Julia Baker
Initial Publication Date: April 29, 2016

Summary

36 slides

This presentation was featured at the Will Steger Foundation's 2008 Summer Institute. This PowerPoint was presented by J. Drake Hamilton, Science Policy Director at Fresh Energy. This presentation primarily focuses on the policy of cap and trade.

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Description and Teaching Materials

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Teaching Notes and Tips

This is a good analysis of the possibility of cap and trade. It explains the benefit of market-based regulation of greenhouse gas emissions and how the policy would work on a large scale. It also talks a little about regional solutions near Minnesota.

Assessment

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Citation

Baker, J. (2012). PowerPoint: Cap and Auction 101 - Will Steger Foundation. Retrieved from http://www.camelclimatechange.org/view/presentation/51cbf2af7896bb431f6aa58b