Toward a Tougher Cap and Trade Program

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The multistate carbon trading system known as the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative is undergoing its first comprehensive review since it was first put into effect in 2009. While the nine participating Northeastern and mid-Atlantic states, including New York, have found that RGGI (pronounced reggie) has succeeded in producing almost $1 billion for energy efficiency programs and in encouraging reliance on renewable energy, they are considering making some changes. On Monday, the Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia Law School held a panel discussion on RGGI’s future in which various experts, including officials from the energy industry and New York’s Department of Environmental Conservation , took part. They addressed the environmental and economic impact of the program’s cap and trade system, in which a ceiling is set on greenhouse gas emissions and electric utilitie...

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@uscan » 31 Oct '12, 2pm
What does the future hold for the nation's first regional cap-and-trade program? #climatesolutions [link]
@DaveMcGlinchey » 28 Oct '12, 10am
RGGI (Northeast cap and trade system) has been a success. Now it's going to be even better: [link]
@aheeney » 27 Oct '12, 4pm
RT @DavidHeeney: Cap & trade generated $1 billion for energy efficiency & renewables. Time for a change? [link]
@EarthKnowledge » 27 Oct '12, 2pm
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@DavidHeeney » 27 Oct '12, 12am
Cap & trade generated $1 billion for energy efficiency & renewables. Time for a change? [link]
@TomasWyns » 26 Oct '12, 10pm
Toward a Tougher Cap and Trade Program (in the US not EU) [link]
@bradmushovic » 26 Oct '12, 7pm
Toward Tougher Cap & Trade Program. Reg. Greenhouse Gas Init under review as econ / #natgas make targets easy. [link]
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@LauraPoppick » 26 Oct '12, 3pm
Will Northeast states link cap and trade system with CA? RGGI reviewed for first time since 2009: [link]
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