Cap and trade
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.
Money From California Carbon Auction Less Than Expected
The sale of California’s first pollution permits will generate less money than expected for the state budget.
California Officials Call Carbon Auction A Success
State regulators say California’s first auction of greenhouse gas emissions permits went smoothly, and all of the pollution permits available for 2013 were sold.
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.
California Begins Auctioning Greenhouse Gas Permits
California has begun auctioning permits for greenhouse gas emissions, launching what is expected to be the world’s second-largest carbon market.
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.
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.
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.
Cap-And-Trade Fees Become Key Source For California High-Speed Rail
California’s plan to build the nation’s first high-speed rail system has identified one alternative funding source if federal and private-sector money does not materialize.
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.
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