Cap and trade
Cap and trade is an environmental policy tool that delivers results with a mandatory cap on emissions while providing sources flexibility in how they comply. Successful cap and trade programs reward innovation, efficiency and early action, and provide strict environmental accountability without inhibiting economic growth.
Examples of successful cap and trade programs include the nationwide Acid Rain Program and the regional NOx Budget Trading Program in the Northeast. Additionally, EPA issued the Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) on March 10, 2005, to build on the success of these programs and achieve significant additional emission reductions. (Source: EPA / Photo: Library of Congress)
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Mon, Nov 28 2011 at 3:28 AM EST
Economic and job woes are blamed for the weak carbon trading markets in Europe.Tue, Nov 08 2011 at 5:57 AM EST
The new law, set to take effect in July 2012, will require that coal-fired power plants and other major emitters 'pay to pollute.'Tue, Sep 06 2011 at 3:01 PM EST
Learn how carbon credits are designed to mitigate emissions. Not everyone is convinced they will work.Thu, Aug 11 2011 at 5:07 PM EST
The Texas governor has a clear environmental platform — whether you like it or not is a different story.Fri, Jul 08 2011 at 2:09 PM EST
Cap and trade may finally be finished in Washington, but it's been dying elsewhere for a while.Thu, Jul 07 2011 at 8:02 AM EST
The former CEO-turned-presidential candidate has unique views on energy and environmental policy.Wed, Jun 29 2011 at 9:07 PM EST
A carbon-credit market to make it cheaper for the biggest polluters to cut emissions, and change the ways utilities generate power.Wed, Jun 22 2011 at 1:05 PM EST
The former vice president did not hold back in his 7,000-word essay in Rolling Stone about the climate change debate.Tue, Jun 21 2011 at 1:40 PM EST
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