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Washington Policy Center finds problems with climate reports

January 23rd, 2008 by admin

Washington Policy Center has produced a series of comments in response to recommendations by the Washington Climate Advisory Team.

Concerns by the Policy Center revolve around three issues summarized this way:

The analysis and recommendations are extremely incomplete, with many of the most costly and significant recommendations being omitted or simply “not quantified.”

Where financial estimates are provided, some are extremely rosy.

Estimates of reductions are often rosy as well and there are several cases where estimates are simply aspirations, not projections.

To read the full commentary, go to the WPC Web site.

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