Carbon and the Constitution

Deck: 

State GHG policies confront federal roadblocks.

Fortnightly Magazine - April 2009
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In the absence of federal action in the United States, several states have taken the lead with innovative carbon regulatory schemes. Ten Eastern states have combined into the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) to regulate CO2 from their power plants,1 California has initiated a comprehensive regulation of all greenhouse gases (GHGs) from all sources,2 and other Western3 and Midwestern4 states are undertaking global-warming mitigation programs.

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