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

Green Car Congress

It covers ten Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states (Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont). If they don’t have enough allowances to cover their emissions they must purchase more or face a penalty. After 2014, the amount of allowances shrinks gradually by 2.5

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