Exploring a New Mechanism to Cut Carbon Pollution in RGGI

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Date

Feb. 6, 2017

News Type

Media Highlight

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NRDC

"The nine-state Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) is one of the most successful climate programs ever created. And tomorrow, to help explore one of the ways we might make it even better, I’ll take part in an online panel discussion about creating a new Emissions Containment Reserve (ECR). Yes, that sounds wonkish. But here’s the basic idea: an ECR is a potential tool that could help us cut carbon pollution faster, at a lower cost."

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Tradable Performance Standards

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