Category Archives: Cap and Trade

Notes from Obama administration budget briefings

The Obama administration presented five telephone budget briefings today (May 7) on highlights of the President’s complete budget for fiscal year 2010, which begins October 1, 2009. In February, the President sent Congress a preliminary budget, but today the administration sent … Continue reading

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Earth Day is a good day to get to know cap-and-trade policy

What’s cap-and-trade? Well, cap-and-trade policies set a limit or “cap” on the total amount of greenhouse gases that businesses are allowed to emit, essentially creating a new commodity by distributing allowances for polluting. Cap-and-trade policies are getting attention at both … Continue reading

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