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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. After 2014, the amount of allowances shrinks gradually by 2.5 Reduced Output.

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Dem VP pick Walz is ‘climate champion,’ unlike Musk-backed GOP EV haters

Baua Electric

This is considered quite an ambitious target – only a few states (New York, Michigan, Connecticut, Oregon, and Rhode Island) plan to make the shift by then. Walz helped make EVs cheaper, cars cleaner On EVs, Minnesota passed a $2,500 rebate for new EVs, or $600 for used ones , under Walz’s tenure as governor.

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