Cap and trade systems, like those in place in Europe and in several U.S. interstate pacts, involve limits on greenhouse emissions and
tradable emissions certificates that carbon polluters must purchase in order to operate.
Caught earlier testing on Michigan roads,
the emissions certificate on the prototype truck indicates that it will be a 3.0 L unit.
Lawmakers on April 12 could pass the package of bills, which includes S - 2313, a bill directing the Board of Public Utilities (BPU) to establish zero
emission certificates (ZECs) for a nuclear plant that can demonstrate it will cease operations unless it experiences a material financial change.
Berlin had been counting on revenue from
its emissions certificates to pay for its transition away from fossil fuels.