The most influential calculation in US climate policy is way off, study finds

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By Emily PontecorvoSep 1, 2022, 3:00 pm132 pts
The United States doesn’t have any federal laws that say electric utilities have to switch to carbon-free power. We don’t yet have any national rules mandating the sale of electric vehicles or plans to phase out oil and gas drilling. Despite years of talk about a tax on carbon, we don’t have that either.…

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