I recently testified before a California Senate Select Committee on the state’s climate policies about California’s interactions in the development of policy across the country and internationally. I highlighted the four main points below in my remarks, and you can read the full testimony here.

• California is not alone. It is joined by many other jurisdictions in reducing climate pollution.
• But California is the leader in designing climate policy.
• California’s leadership is accelerating the erosion of climate gridlock at the international level.
• The value of leadership accrues to Californians, through innovation, economic growth, and environmental quality.

About Dallas Burtraw

Dallas Burtraw is one of the nation’s foremost experts on environmental regulation in the electricity sector. For two decades, he has worked on creating a more efficient and politically rational method for controlling air pollution. He also studies electricity restructuring, competition, and economic deregulation. He is particularly interested in incentive-based approaches for environmental regulation, the most notable of which is a tradable permit system, and recently has studied ways to introduce greater cost-effectiveness into regulation under the Clean Air Act.

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