Sentences with phrase «pollution at least cost»

A larger RGGI region will improve efficiency by expanding opportunities to reduce pollution at least cost.

Not exact matches

And with the federal carbon pricing requirement coming into effect next year, Ontario's commitment to cap and trade takes necessary action to cut carbon pollution — leaving room for improvements as needed, and at the least possible cost.

It is estimated that at least 3,000 New Yorkers die prematurely from air pollution and that $ 30 billion in additional health care and economic costs are incurred.

The Clean Power Plan, however, defines the «best system of emission reduction» more broadly, by taking advantage of flexible, cost - effective strategies that power companies already use to produce the most electricity at the least cost, and to meet current air pollution control requirements.

These benefits are a result of RGGI's market - based, cap - and - invest approach, which sets an annually declining limit on carbon pollution while enabling the power sector to achieve the reductions flexibly at least cost.

By one estimate, each ton of carbon pollution we put in the air costs society at least $ 85.

But instead of allowing polluters to benefit from this, in essence, extra cash, the overseers of RGGI decided to force polluters to pay for at least some of the right to pollute and then use those funds to help pay for energy efficiency and renewable energy programs in the various states, further reducing global warming pollution and potentially offsetting increased energy costs.