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

Green Car Congress

The legislation would also provide new incentives for domestic oil and gas drilling, nuclear power plant construction, carbon capture and storage, and renewable energy sources like wind and solar. Graham recently declared, “ Economy-wide cap-and-trade is dead. ” There will never be a cap-and-trade bill passed by the United States Senate.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

His people at MidAmerican have studied clean technologies like batteries and wind power for years because of the threat of climate change. BYD currently exports gasoline-powered cars to Africa, South America, and the Middle East, but they compete on price, not quality. The day after Fortunes visit to BYD, Oregon Gov.

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