Now that Democrats have won the presidency and expanded their majorities in both houses of Congress, they will be under enormous pressure from environmentalists to implement a “cap-and-trade” system ...

The American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, a bill co-authored by Congressmen Henry A. Waxman and Edward J. Markey, may soon come to the House floor for a vote. The bill details an expansive ...

Twenty years ago, a group of Northeastern states signed on to a plan to reduce the greenhouse gases spewing from power plants by making generators pay for the carbon they release. Since then, the ...

Senators from manufacturing states have been among the most skeptical of cap-and-trade legislation. One would expect, then, that they’d be thrilled by the prospect of utility-only cap-and-trade, which ...

I wrote yesterday about where utility-only cap-and-trade might go wrong. There is, however, a potential upside. If the United States ever gets serious about reducing its use of oil, utility-only ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – California is debuting its new, landmark cap-and-trade program with an auction of greenhouse gas pollution permits, despite an eleventh-hour lawsuit filed by the state’s largest ...

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North America's largest compliance carbon market is undergoing its most significant structural changes since inception.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. California industrial plants, such as this refinery in Martinez seen in 2019, are expected to face lower costs after the state ...

A group of states on the East Coast has been operating a cap-and-trade system for carbon emissions for years. But the compact made headlines this fall as some states weighed whether to join the effort ...