Tag Archives: cap and trade
Cap and Trade vs. Technology Innovation
Cap and trade programs (CTPs) have been widely accepted as a way to reduce pollution emissions by requiring companies to obtain trades, or emission permits, to be allowed to emit pollutants. The emissions have a cap, or a limit to pollution. But these CTPs might not actually be the best way to lower emissions and [...]
Beyond Cap and Trade
A funny thing happened while environmentalists were trying and failing to cap carbon emissions in the U.S. Congress. U.S. carbon emissions started going down. The decline began in 2005 and accelerated after the financial crisis. The latest estimates from the U.S. Energy Information Administration now suggest that U.S. emissions will continue to decline for the [...]
What Is Cap and Trade?
In the mid-1990’s, environmental regulators came up with a new concept to let markets and engineers figure out the best way to reduce pollution at the lowest cost possible. This was a regulatory mechanism called Cap and Trade. Cap and Trade will get further use with two new regulatory actions that will take effect in [...]
Positioning Your Business For U.S Cap-and-Trade:
Businesses will be the first to be impacted when cap-and-trade becomeslaw. In response more and more businesses are crafting strategies toincrease their efficiency and reduce their carbon emission. The climatechange legislation being discussed in the US will increase the cost ofcarbon emssions and this has multifaceted implications for business. In a previous Green Market article [...]