States can also join together in multi-state or regional compacts to find the lowest cost options for reducing their carbon emissions, including through
emissions trading programs.
Kruger, J., 2006: From SO2 to greenhouse gases: Trends and events shaping future
emissions trading programs in the United States.
More states could achieve compliance by joining together with other states in
emissions trading programs.
Stranland, J., C. Chavez, and B. Field, 2002: Enforcing
emissions trading programs: Theory, practice, and performance.
While the EPA has provided for
emissions trading programs, there will be a lot of closures of older coal plants.
This article presents an overview of the design and performance of seven major
emissions trading programs that have been implemented over the past 30 years and identifies a number of important lessons for future applications of this important environmental policy instrument.
In the final Clean Power Plan, EPA provides a «panoply» of tools to help states utilize
emissions trading programs to comply with the CO2 reduction targets established in the rule.
California and Quebec held their first joint auction last month, cementing the year - old linkage between the two states»
emissions trading programs.
But the courts haven't always struck down EPA
emissions trading programs — such as the trading program for nitrogen oxides — and when they have disqualified programs, it was either because agencies failed to follow proper procedure (as was the case with a Bush - era mercury rule that eased requirements on power plants) or because specific statutory goals were not followed (as was the case in the Clean Air Interstate Rule, which wouldn't have necessarily reduced all interstate pollution).
The airline industry has favored a global standard over individual national standards since airlines operate all over the world and want to avoid a patchwork of rules and measures, such as taxes, charges and
emissions trading programs.
«The E.U. including aviation under the cap [of
its emissions trading program] is a major incentive.»
In his presentation, Roger proposes a very different type of
emissions trading program for China that has component parts that address near - term public health concerns; non-compliance problems; and an emissions market structure, designed with China's unique environmental needs in mind.
This webinar brought together experts and representatives from states, electric generators, academia, and nongovernmental organizations to consider this new approach for ensuring that the RGGI
emissions trading program functions as designed and examine the finer points of how such a reserve might work and be implemented.
The Senate must consider several important issues before designing an electric power - only
emissions trading program.
(Of course, the largest
emissions trading program in the world is now the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS), a greenhouse - gas, cap - and - trade system that was implemented in 2005 and whose design was influenced by the U.S. SO2 program.)
Ironically, once the George W. Bush administration officially pulled the United States out of the Kyoto Protocol process, it was the European Union that implemented the world's first CO2
emissions trading program, the European Union Emission Trading Scheme (EU ETS).
In November 2011, WCI transitioned into WCI, Inc., a nonprofit corporation that provides administrative and technical assistance to support the implementation of state and provincial greenhouse gas
emission trading programs.
Based on a year - long intensive study, the Governor of Tokyo submitted a bill, which was passed by Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly, introducing mandatory targets for GHG reductions for large - scale emitters as part of
an emissions trading program.
In fact, Germany has the benefit of the European Union (EU) carbon
emissions trading program — a type of system which the aforementioned countries have thus far failed to implement, but which caps the EU's total emissions:
(Washington, DC)-- The following is a statement from The Climate Reality Project President and CEO Kenneth Berlin on Chinese President Xi Jinping's announcement of a national
emissions trading program:
China plans to launch the world's largest
emissions trading program in 2017, creating a carbon market for electric power generation, steel, cement and other industries producing most of the country's greenhouse gas emissions.
New analysis shows that an energy transition based on strong renewable energy and energy efficiency policies, together with a vigorous carbon
emissions trading program, would constitute a cost - effective pathway, or «Clean Path Case,» for Illinois.
Analysis shows that strong growth in renewable energy and energy - efficient technologies, together with a national carbon
emissions trading program, provide an affordable and achievable pathway for the United States to cut global warming emissions.
From January 1, all airlines landing in the European Union will have to participate in
the emission trading program, purchasing credits for all their carbon emissions.
It may seem a bit wonky as an issue itself, but the growing carbon trade war precipitated by the European Union airline
emission trading program, now roughly six weeks in effect, really is indicative of the continued global denial about the environmental impact of our activities.
The growing carbon trade war precipitated by the European Union airline
emission trading program really is indicative of the continued global denial about the environmental impact of our activities.
Meg Kinnard, «EPA's Holmstead:
Emissions Trading Program Works,» Insider Interview, National Journal, February 5, 2003.
New analysis shows that an energy transition based on strong renewable energy and energy efficiency policies, together with a vigorous carbon
emissions trading program, would constitute a cost - effective pathway, or «Clean Path Case,» for Pennsylvania.
And with a robust
emissions trading program, Pennsylvania could generate significant carbon revenues that could be used to support high - quality jobs in renewable energy and energy efficiency, strengthen disadvantaged communities, make buildings and infrastructure more resilient, and boost economic development in regions dependent on the fossil - fuel economy.
Last May, Governor McAuliffe announced Executive Directive 11, which started the process for drafting regulations that would have Virginia participate in a carbon
emissions trading program known as the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI).
Not exact matches
While on the stump, Obama promised to establish a cap and
trade program to reign in the carbon
emissions responsible for global warming.
The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality will begin presenting its draft greenhouse gas
program next week to the state's pollution board for approval to create the state's first cap - and -
trade program to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions.
Jack Layton and the NDP are campaigning on a cap - and -
trade program, which would set a $ 35 per tonne price on carbon and cap
emissions from large industry.
Nine Mid-Atlantic and New England states have agreed to cut power plant greenhouse gas
emissions across the region by 65 percent by 2030 through the nation's first cap - and -
trade program to reduce carbon contributing to global climate change.
President Obama's plan for national standards to curb power plant
emissions is based, in part, on a cap and
trade type
program already existence in New York.
Environmental protections: Cuomo called for Northeast and eastern states that are part of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, a cap - and -
trade program, to further reduce
emissions.
Yet plans to tackle automobile
emissions remain in their infancy outside California, which has implemented an economywide cap - and -
trade program and a host of policies aimed at curbing carbon from cars and trucks.
Lamatogne is pushing to follow New Jersey's lead and pull New Hampshire out of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, a cap - and -
trade program limiting utility
emissions in New England states, New York, Delaware and Maryland.
It also stirred confusion about the governor's legal authority and what will happen to the carbon
trading program, which caps utility carbon dioxide
emissions in 10 Northeastern and mid-Atlantic states, at a time when national climate legislation appears dead on Capitol Hill.
Instead, with the imposition of a cap - and -
trade program, O'Connor said, people looked at the sources of coal and realized they could obtain it from different parts of the country with lower sulfur, cutting
emissions at less cost.
As with
emission -
trading programs elsewhere, polluters in China's pilots have two options: First, they can meet their targets by reducing their own
emissions — by investing in energy efficiency, say, or curbing production.
The state has long led the U.S. in environmental regulations, from high vehicle -
emissions standards to a greenhouse gas cap - and -
trade program — and it has done so without sacrificing its economy.
The bill that died in committee earlier this year, S.B. 1574, would have authorized a cap - and -
trade program, with its revenues going toward activities that reduce
emissions, explicitly including road improvements.
McConnaha said the study would draw on existing research that has informed existing cap - and -
trade programs, including California's, the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative in the Northeast and the European Union's
Emissions Trading System.
And although it may prepare them for any federal
program — both presidential candidates support a national cap - and -
trade program for greenhouse gas
emissions — it may also end up driving electricity production outside the region higher.
Already, New Mexico will attempt to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions from energy use in the state by 2 percent per year, and 11 northeastern states have formed a regional cap - and -
trade program.
«If China's CO2
trading program is perceived as a successful
program, I think it could provide the other nations the confidence to adopt the
emissions trading model and take on a climate commitment or a more stringent climate commitment.
Mandatory carbon
trading programs, such as the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) that began in 2005, have their roots in the U.S. Clean Air Act amendments o
trading programs, such as the European Union
Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) that began in 2005, have their roots in the U.S. Clean Air Act amendments o
Trading Scheme (EU ETS) that began in 2005, have their roots in the U.S. Clean Air Act amendments of 1990.
California Gov. Jerry Brown's administration yesterday released a plan to extend the state's landmark cap - and -
trade program in a bid to slash greenhouse gas
emissions through midcentury.
«We are considering expanding the existing pilot
programs into surrounding areas and link up those regional carbon markets; if that fails, the central government will then design a nationwide
emissions trading scheme and allocate allowances to each region,» said Xu, the government official involved in the national carbon market buildup.