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The World’s Second Largest Blackout
What was already the largest blackout in American history has now likely become, in our analysis, the second largest blackout in the world.
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Rhodium Group’s Energy & Climate practice uses a multidisciplinary, data-driven approach to produce unique, independent insights into global energy dynamics, greenhouse gas emissions, and climate change.
We help public and private decision-makers understand what kind of climate future we are on track for, and what matters most for reducing greenhouse gas emissions—at the local, state, national, and international levels. By combining policy expertise with a suite of detailed energy-economic models, our research provides data-driven insights into the impacts of energy and climate change policy and real-world developments on greenhouse gas emissions, energy markets, economic output, and clean technology pathways.
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Final US Emissions Numbers for 2017
Energy-related emissions fell by 0.66% last year, half their 2005-2016 average rate. Power sector emissions continued to decline, but emissions from transport, buildings and industry all grew, offsetting half the decline in the power sector.
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China Energy Snapshot 2017
After three years of decline, Chinese coal demand recovered modestly – up 3.3% year-on-year. Oil demand grew by 4.6% and natural gas by nearly 16% as Beijing stepped up its air pollution control efforts.
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U.S. Carbon Tax Design: Options and Implications
In this initial scoping paper, Jason Bordoff and John Larsen lay out the set of issues to be addressed by identifying the key design choices to be made in implementing a carbon tax.
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Preliminary US Emissions Estimates for 2017
The US appears on track to meet it’s 2020 emission reduction pledge under the 2009 Copenhagen Accord but will need to significantly accelerate the current pace of emission reductions to meet it’s Paris Agreement targets.
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The Year in Coal
President Trump came into office promising to bring about an American coal renaissance by rolling back Obama-era environmental regulations. After one year in office, how did he do?
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RGGI expansion: The Road Ahead
The nine-state Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative is likely to welcome two new members in 2018, New Jersey and Virginia. We examine the emissions and allowance price implications of expansion.
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Renewable Energy Largely Spared in the Compromise Tax Bill
As Congress rewrites the tax code, this guide shows the fate of provisions that most impact clean energy.
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A Clean Energy Guide to the Tax Legislation Conference Committee
Broad tax legislation advanced by the US Congress would impact provisions for wind, solar, electric vehicles, and other clean energy.
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Electric System Reliability: No Clear Link to Coal and Nuclear
Fuel supply issues were responsible for 0.00007% of lost customer electric service hours between 2012-2016 in the US, with no clear relationship between higher system levels of coal and nuclear generation and better system performance.
