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Governors of 11 Northeast and Mid-Atlantic States Agree to Work Together Toward Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Fuels; Timeline for Developing a Potential Low Carbon Fuel Standard for Region

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If adopted by states, it would apply to the transportation sector, and potentially to fuels used for heating buildings. The Commonwealth’s Clean Energy Biofuels Act, signed in July 2008, also required Massachusetts to seek an agreement with its fellow RGGI member states to implement a LCFS on a regional basis.

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From Home Brew to Hasbro

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I started indulging in my hobby of building robots, and subsequently met up with other like-minded people at the Silicon Valley Home Brew Robotics Club. You’re going to destroy your house if you build it with that stuff!” Bob and I wondered if we could build something similar. Ted Larson at Hasbro HQ in Rhode Island.

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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It covers ten Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states (Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont). The first auction for allowances was held on September 25, 2008. The WCI released a design document laying out its basic program parameters in September 2008.

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