Such justification would then most likely center on whether, under the introductory phrase of GATT Article XX, a US carbon duty,
emission credit requirement or other regulation on imports is applied on a variable scale that takes account of local conditions in foreign countries, including their own efforts to fight global warming and the level of economic development in developing countries.
Not exact matches
In modifying or omitting such a
requirement on the basis of infeasibility, the Administrator, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, shall ensure, with an adequate margin of safety, the integrity of international offset
credits issued under this section and of the greenhouse gas
emissions cap established pursuant to section 703.
-- The Administrator, in accordance with the regulations promulgated under subsection (b)(1) and an agreement or arrangement described in subsection (b)(2)(A), shall issue international offset
credits for greenhouse gas
emission reductions achieved through activities to reduce deforestation only if, in addition to the
requirements of subsection (b)--
Submission of a statement by the owner or operator, or the designated representative of the owners and operators, of a covered entity that the owners and operators will hold allowances or offset
credits for the entity's combined
emissions and attributable greenhouse gas
emissions to which section 722 applies shall be deemed to meet the proposed and approved planning
requirements of title V. Recordation by the Administrator of transfers of allowances and offset
credits shall amend automatically all applicable proposed or approved permit applications, compliance plans, and permits.
-- The Administrator may issue international offset
credits for greenhouse gas
emission reductions achieved through activities to reduce deforestation at a state or provincial level that meet the
requirements of this section.
-- The Administrator, in accordance with the regulations promulgated under subsection (b)(1) and an agreement or arrangement described in subsection (b)(2)(A), shall issue international offset
credits for greenhouse gas
emission reductions achieved through activities to reduce deforestation only if, in addition to the
requirements of subsection (b)--
One potential solution to the current impasse involves establishing a fixed amount of
emissions for new power plants from which
credit - satisfying permit
requirements could be provided to supplement those from market sources.
(Sec. 752) Instructs the EPA Administrator to report to Congress on the trading of mobile source
emission reduction
credits for use by owners and operators of stationary source
emission sources to meet
emission offset
requirements within a nonattainment area.
The Clean Energy Standard [PDF] requires two approaches for utilities, electric companies, and other load serving entities (LSEs) to help New York meet clean energy and climate goals: meeting a Renewable Energy Standard through the purchase of Tier 1 RECs and a
requirement to purchase zero -
emissions credits (ZEC).
Companies could buy and sell
credits among themselves, and could satisfy up to 15 percent of its
emission reduction
requirements by submitting tradeable allowances from another nation's market in greenhouse gases, or by contributing to projects that sequester carbon dioxide
emissions.