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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.

Posts by Dallas Burtraw:

• Coordination Challenges and a Policy Option for US and Global Climate Efforts
• Resources Magazine: Saving Europe’s Key Weapon against Climate Change
• Measuring the Early Effects of a Carbon Tax: Comparing Three Policies across Income Groups
• Twitter Q&A Roundup: EPA’s Clean Air Plan
• Making Sense of the Chamber’s Study of Coming Climate Rules
• Fixing Emissions Trading Imbalances with a Price Floor
• Who Benefits from Flexible GHG Rules?
• Two World Views on Carbon Revenues
• What Value Does a Potential Pacific Coast Carbon Price Have?
• Technology Flexibility and Stringency for Greenhouse Gas Regulations