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Perspective: The Role of Offsets in Climate Change Legislation

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If a cap-and-trade program includes offsets, regulated entities have the opportunity to purchase the “emission credits” generated by carbon offset projects to help them meet their compliance obligations. In this way, offsets would complement the more traditional emissions trading that can occur between two covered sources.

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EPA Administrator broadly outlines Trump Administration thinking on fuel economy standards and California

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The Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Rule for Model Years 2021-2026 Passenger Cars and Light Trucks (SAFE Vehicles Rule) initiated a process to establish a new 50-state fuel economy and tailpipe carbon dioxide emissions standard for passenger cars and light trucks covering MY 2021 through 2026. —Andrew Wheeler.

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Perspective: Why Carbon Emissions Should Not Have Been the Focus of the UN Climate Change Summit and Why the 15th Conference of the Parties Should Have Focused on Technology Transfer

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Renergie was formed for the initial purpose of raising capital to develop, construct, own and operate a decentralized network of ten modular-designed small advanced biofuel manufacturing facilities (SABMFs) in the parishes of the State of Louisiana which were devastated by hurricanes Katrina and Rita. ]. It’s about time we changed course.

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

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Markey of Massachusetts, both Democrats, built their climate change bill last year in large measure around it. Obama proposed in the campaign and after first taking office–a 100 percent auction of permits and a large tax rebate to the public. Representatives Henry A. Waxman of California and Edward J. John Kerry (D-Mass.)

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Trump plans to gut EV policy: What it might mean for jobs, auto industry, made in America

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GM CEO Mary Barra – Photo by Steve Fecht for General Motors In late 2019 Trump effectively nixed an extension of the tax credit for Tesla and GM, which had already reached their 200,000-vehicle caps under the former framework. ExxonMobil oil refinery, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, by WClarke [CC BY-SA 4.0] businesses.