Not so fast with the carbon optimism

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The Washington Examiner recently published an opinion article from the Institute for Policy Innovation that cites a brief I authored to make the overly optimistic point that climate pollutants in the United States “will trend downward for years to come.”

My colleagues and I at the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions are concerned with this portrayal. It is certainly true that we projected emissions in 2025 could fall 14% to 18% below 2005 levels and that switching from coal to gas power generation is partly responsible. However, this misses at least two key points.

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