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3 East Coast states and DC first to participate in TCI-P cap-and-invest program for transportation

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DECEMBER 22, 2020

The governors of Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island, and the mayor of the District of Columbia announced that theirs will be the first jurisdictions to launch a new multi-state program that the principals expect will invest some $300 million per year in cleaner transportation choices.

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MIT researchers build model simulating atmospheric transport of PAHs; how chemicals get to the Arctic

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Persistent organic pollutants are chemicals of substantial international concern. Friedman’s work will provide a foundation for ongoing work in Selin’s research group at MIT, in collaboration with the University of Rhode Island and the Harvard School of Public Health. —Noelle Selin, lead researcher.

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

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APRIL 10, 2010

Cap-and-trade was first tried on a significant scale twenty years ago under the first Bush administration as a way to address the problem of airborne sulfur dioxide pollution–widely known as acid rain–from coal-burning power plants in the eastern United States. INTRODUCTION. Representatives Henry A. Waxman of California and Edward J.

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3 East Coast states and DC first to participate in TCI-P cap-and-invest program for transportation

MIT researchers build model simulating atmospheric transport of PAHs; how chemicals get to the Arctic

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

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