Local and state governments in the Northeast have been leaders and incubators in utilizing legal and
regulatory opportunities to foster climate change policies.103 The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) was the first market - based
regulatory program in the U.S. aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions; it is a cooperative
effort among nine northeastern states.104 Massachusetts became the first state to officially incorporate climate change impacts into its environmental review procedures by adopting legislation that directs agencies to «consider reasonably foreseeable climate change impacts, including
additional greenhouse gas emissions, and effects, such as predicted sea level rise.»
This July,
regulatory filings indicated the retailer would inject an
additional $ 260 million in expansions in India, ahead of the holiday shopping season, in an
effort to better challenge rivals like Flipkart, valued at $ 11.6 billion, and Alibaba - backed Paytm.