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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. greenhouse gas emissions. INTRODUCTION. Participating U.S.

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Sometimes bipartisanship can work

Electric Auto Association

This legislation, passed by the Democrat-controlled Massachusetts Legislature, was partly based on the MA Decarbonization Roadmap , released last December, calling for a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by at least 85% by 2050. This roadmap included a summary of a memorandum of understanding (MOU).

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Gas War: U.S. House Suggests Ending California Emissions Authority, White House Says Nope

The Truth About Cars

Automotive News reported that the proposed bill would strip the EPA of authority to grant that waiver, adding that California has already received waivers from the EPA to set its own emissions limits for heavy trucks and other vehicles. percent of U.S. vehicles sold in 2022 that were EVs. Image: ZikG/Shutterstock] Become a& TTAC insider.