Cuomo Proposes Lower Carbon Cap for Northeast Cap-and-Trade Plan
Source: Bloomberg News
Cuomo Proposes Lower Carbon Cap for Northeast Cap-and-Trade Plan
By Justin Doom & Freeman Klopott - Jan 9, 2013 6:59 PM AT
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo proposed lowering the total amount of carbon dioxide that companies may emit under a regional cap-and-trade program to regulate air pollution.
The nine states participating in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative must make a real difference on climate change by reducing the CO2 cap, Cuomo said during his State of the State address in Albany today. The cap is currently 165 million tons a year and he didnt say by how much it should be cut.
Thats 81 percent more than the 91 million tons of the greenhouse gas that were emitted last year in the six New England states along with New York, Delaware and Maryland. RGGI, which holds quarterly auctions for carbon-emission permits, said yesterday its reviewing its policies after allowances at last months event sold at the minimum bid.
First thing we have to learn is to accept the fact, and I believe it is a fact, that climate change is real, Cuomo said. Its inarguable that the sea is warmer and that there is a changing weather pattern, and the time to act is now.
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