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Conservatives Sue California Over Cap-And-Trade

The Pacific Legal Foundation filed suit Tuesday in Sacramento County Superior Court, arguing the state’s so-called cap-and-trade system is an illegal tax.

2013/04/16

smokestack, pollution, global warming, emission, greenhouse gases

Calif. ‘Cap-And-Trade’ Unlikely To Spur Federal Emissions Cap Soon

California’s new system for limiting industrial greenhouse gas emissions by putting a price on carbon is not likely to spur a similar federal program anytime soon, but it might influence other states to follow suit.

2012/11/15

smokestack, pollution, global warming, emission, greenhouse gases

Business Group Files Suit Over California Greenhouse Gas System

California’s largest business group filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging the validity of the state’s cap-and-trade program on the eve of the first pollution permit auction.

2012/11/13

smokestack, pollution, global warming, emission, greenhouse gases

California Set To Officially Launch ‘Cap-And-Trade’ Greenhouse Gas System

California’s largest greenhouse gas emitters will begin buying permits in a landmark “cap-and-trade” system designed to control emissions of heat-trapping gases and to spur investment in clean technologies.

2012/11/12

California State Capitol in Sacramento (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Business Groups Protest California Carbon Market

Dozens of people, some wearing red “Save Our Jobs” T-shirts, packed a public meeting on Thursday to testify that a key component of California’s landmark greenhouse gas emissions law will impose enormous costs on them and consumers.

2012/09/20

pollution, emissions, smokestack, greenhouse gases

California Adopts Extensive ‘Cap-And-Trade’ Emissions Plan

California formally adopted the nation’s most comprehensive so-called “cap-and-trade” system Thursday, an experiment designed to provide financial incentives for polluters to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

2011/10/20

pollution, emissions, smokestack, greenhouse gases

San Francisco Judge Halts California Cap-And-Trade Program

A judge temporarily halted California’s ambitious program to provide financial incentives for the state’s largest polluters to cut harmful greenhouse gas emissions.

KCBS–2011/03/22

pollution, emissions, smokestack, greenhouse gases

Judge Orders More Review Into California Climate Law

State air quality regulators must conduct further analysis before fully implementing California’s landmark 2006 climate law, a trial court judge has said.

CBS San Francisco–2011/02/03

$46M Spent On Failed California Global Warming Measure

More than $46 million was spent for and against a failed November ballot measure that would have suspended California’s landmark global warming law, according to campaign finance reports filed Monday.

CBS San Francisco–2011/01/31

pollution, emissions, smokestack, greenhouse gases

California Adopts Sweeping Greenhouse Gas Rules

California regulators on Thursday approved the first system in the nation to give polluting companies such as utilities and refineries financial incentives to emit fewer greenhouse gases.

CBS San Francisco–2010/12/16

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