claim: "if the united states moves ahead by itself (on cap-and-trade)... after 30 or 40 years, we're going to reduce co2 by less than 1 percent."
author: chuck grassley
evidence_1: oct 16, 2009 ... ... this week with george stephanopoulos, “if the united states moves ahead by  itself [on cap-and-trade] … after 30 or 40 years, we're going to reduce co2 by  less than 1 percent.” he made a similar statement on a call with reporters in july.  “if the united states would go ahead — because we're supposed ...
evidence_2: may 30, 2014 ... cap-and-trade could soon make a comeback — especially after the obama  administration unveils new rules next week to cut carbon-dioxide emissions from  us power plants. cap-and-trade still lives in california and the northeast. it's  been a few years since cap-and-trade was relevant to national climate ...
evidence_3: the ets, in which all 15 member states that were then members of the european  union participated, nominally commenced operation on 1 january 2005,  although national registries were unable to settle transactions for the first few  months. however, the prior existence of the uk emissions trading scheme  meant that ...
evidence_4: may 20, 2014 ... charles frank answers five questions on low and no-carbon electricity  technologies for reducing emissions. ... however, as the following table shows, if  we value the reduced emissions at $50 per ton of carbon dioxide, the benefits of  wind and solar, net of their costs, is less than the other three low-carbon ...
evidence_5: oct 27, 2015 ... part one foreword. 2. i. seizing the moment. 3. ii. we are at a crossroads. 4. iii.  bending the curve. 5. iv. the california experience: 1960 to 2015. 6 .... per year.  if this rate of increase continues unabated, the world is on target to warm by  about 2 degrees. celsius in less than 40 years. by the end of the ...