While Steve Stoft is correct that RPS will likely not create any greenhouse gas emissions reductions beyond those imposed by
a future federal cap, a federal renewable energy program will, if properly designed, create more renewable power capacity, which will have benefits beyond contributing to lowering our GHG emissions.
Not exact matches
The battle for increased reimbursement will play out over the next 90 days as the budget is negotiated, and against the backdrop of a state - imposed Medicaid
cap, uncertainty over the
future of
federal Medicaid funding and cries from long - term care facilities and home health care providers, which are also pleading for higher reimbursements.
That order might also dispense with the $ 100 - million budget
cap, but, being an executive order, it would be more vulnerable than a
federal law to being overturned by a
future administration.
In addition, the legislation
caps funding for
federal education programs at FY12 levels and limits
future funding increases to the rate of inflation.
Moreover, with an estimated 1 million student names on charter waiting lists (Kern & Gebru, 2014) combined with
federal incentives and evolving state policies aimed at raising or removing
caps on charter schools, the sector seems poised for rapid growth in the near
future.
Remove state maintenance of effort requirements (which require states to maintain their own education funding at a certain level to access
federal funds),
cap funding for
federal education programs at FY12 levels, and limit
future funding increases to the rate of inflation.
A commodity exposure significantly enhances growth, small -
cap, and large -
cap returns when the Fed is increasing rates, which is likely when the
Federal Reserve has concerns regarding
future inflation.
Such bottom ‑ up linkage of state and regional
cap ‑ and ‑ trade systems could be an important part or perhaps even the core of
future of U.S. climate policy, at least until there is meaningful action at the
Federal level.
Regardless of the
future of
cap and trade, robust
federal investment in clean energy technology can effectively tackle both energy and climate policy reform.