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

Green Car Congress

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. Sources: Large electric generators. Coverage: 28% of CO 2 emissions.

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Former EPA exec Margo Oge explains the new federal emissions rules

Charged EVs

I think it’s one thing to have a commitment for 2030 and 2035, and it’s another thing to have to meet legal requirements and standards. Margo Oge: The Trump administration did finalize the standards in 2020, [but] they got legal challenges. The courts put them on hold, all these legal challenges. It has been on hold.

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Gas War: 25 States Sue EPA Over Updated Emissions Regulations

The Truth About Cars

& They’ve been joined by Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, Virginia and Wyoming in the suit.& Swelling vehicle prices was another issue.&

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