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- ence case” , released 15 See note 10. 14. Ibid. 15. Ibid. 16. See note 9. Electric Sales, Revenue, and Average e 2. Sales to Bundled and Unbundled Consumers by Sector, Census Division, and State, released eGRID 2 Agency, eGRID2012 Version 1.0 2 in 2011. 19. . 20. 21. See note 9. 22. Calculated using an annual eGRID 2 emissions 2 Electric Sales, Revenue, and Average Price—Table 2. Sales to Bundled and Unbundled Consumers by Sector, Census Division, and State- 24. 25. reduced. 26. gen.cfm. The Case for Closing America’s Costliest Coal Plants, Ibid. 29. Ibid. See methodology. - - - sector emissions from 2011. See notes 1 and 2. See note 2. vent dangerous climate change, based both on the - Notes 43
Philosophical Transac- rsta.2010.0290, 2011. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Cli- Working Groups I, II and III to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 40. , 12 January 2011. 41. 2010 in Top Three 42. See note 40. 44. Ibid. See note 6, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. 45. See note 6, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate (category 4 and 5) increases by nearly one-third. James Elsner et al., “The Increasing Intensity of the Nature 455, 92-95, 4 46. See note 6, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. nology, Joint Program on the Science and Policy st - Journal of Climate ture,” Tony Dutzik et al., see note 2. Change due to Carbon Emissions,” Proceedings of the February 2009. 49. Warmer World Must be Avoided - 50. Ibid. 51. Ibid. 52. Ibid. Ibid. 54. Ibid. 55. 56. - , June 2011. of Climate Change - Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States, 2009. 59. cil, Killer Summer Heat: Projected Death Toll from Rising Temperatures in America Due to Climate Change, May 2012. 60. Ibid. 61. 62. Rising Tide of Ill- of Waterborne Diseases, July 2010. 44 America’s Dirtiest Power Plants
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Page 3 and 4: Acknowledgments The authors thank J
Page 5 and 6: Executive Summary Global warming is
Page 7 and 8: Figure ES-2. Carbon Dioxide Polluti
Page 9 and 10: Introduction It doesn’t take a tr
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Page 17 and 18: Cutting U.S. Power Plant Pollution
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Page 21 and 22: Carbon Pollution Standards Are Need
Page 23 and 24: Policy Recommendations To protect o
Page 25 and 26: Methodology In this report we exami
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Page 33 and 34: Table A-3. The Share of Each State
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