Department of Agricultural Economics: Undergraduate Research
Op-Eds from ENSC230 Energy and the Environment: Economics and Policies
Date of this Version
Fall 2025
Document Type
Editorial
Citation
Op-ed from ENSC230 Energy and the Environment: Economics and Policies, fall 2025
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Abstract
We must act now and reform renewable energy credits to reflect real progress. This means tightening Scope 2 rules so that renewable claims are tied to additional, time and location matched, clean power. It means rewarding measurable integration, so that real emissions are avoided, not waived by retroactive certificates. RECs can still play a role, but only in a system that demands we use the tools we already have.
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Comments
Copyright 2025, Andrea Phan. Used by permission