Greenhouse Gases and the Clean Air Act

RFF's Weekly Policy Commentary:

Greenhouse Gases and the Clean Air Act: A Useful Option for the Short Term
by Dallas Burtraw, Art Fraas, and Nathan Richardson

In the absence of new legislation taxing carbon or establishing a cap-and-trade system for greenhouse gases in the United States, the Environmental Protection Agency is working to regulate emissions under the Clean Air Act. How does that law provide for action on this front? What mechanisms and regulatory strategies can be used that are practical and legally sound? Continue reading at RFF...