On August 6, 2008, the South Carolina Climate, Energy, and Commerce Advisory Committee released its final report outlining specific recommendations for state-level policies to mitigate climate change. The final report recommends a voluntary, economy-wide greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction target of five percent below 1990 levels by 2020. To achieve this goal, 51 specific policies are recommended to reduce GHG emissions and address other issues pertaining to climate, energy, and commerce. Of these 51 recommendations, 38 were analyzed for their cumulative effect on achieving the GHG emissions target and 33 were analyzed for their costs or cost savings. The report found that the implementation of the 38 policies would nearly achieve the GHG emissions target and that the average cost of the 33 policies would be approximately $5 per ton of carbon dioxide equivalent reduced.
South Carolina Climate, Energy, and Commerce Committee Final Report [1]
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[1] http://www.scclimatechange.us/ewebeditpro/items/O60F19029.PDF