North Carolina Carbon Dioxide Reduction Opportunities for Power Sector Compliance Under the Clean Air Act

WRI analysis finds that North Carolina can reduce its CO2 emissions 29 percent below 2011 levels by 2020 using existing state policies and infrastructure opportunities. These reductions would meet or exceed relatively stringent EPA standards for existing power plants.

This graph appears in WRI's fact sheet, Power Sector Opportunities for Reducing Carbon Dioxide Emissions: North Carolina.

Read about additional analyses in WRI’s fact sheet series, Power Sector Opportunities for Reducing Carbon Dioxide Emissions.