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As nations trail behind ...
States and provinces lead on climate initiatives |
Patrick Mazza |
23 Jan 2008 |
Gristmill |
| 'State and regional governments around the world ... are fast becoming an essential and effective part of the movement to combat climate change,' says The Climate Group in a new report.'Low Carbon Leader: States and Regions' (PDF) profiles 12 exemplars including California, which in 2006 enacted the first economy-wide cap on carbon emissions in the U.S., and Northeast states moving to implement the first U.S. carbon cap-and-trade system. The report notes that U.S. st ... |
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| Topics: carbon trading, climate, climate change mitigation, energy, politics, state politics (all these topics) |
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