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 Stories About: carbon offsets AND carbon trading AND climate AND John McCain AND politics
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McCain's offsets
What would the use of carbon offsets mean for McCain's climate policy? |
David Roberts |
13 May 2008 |
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| To me the most striking element of McCain's just-released carbon cap-and-trade plan is that it would, at least at the outset, allow regulated entities to achieve 100 percent of their emission reductions through the purchase of domestic or international offsets. By way of comparison, the Lieberman-Warner climate bill headed for the floor of the Senate caps the contribution of offsets at 15 percent, and requires that all the offsets be from domestic projects. This is a ... |
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| Topics: carbon offsets, carbon trading, climate, John McCain, politics (all these topics) |
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