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Press Release February 7, 2013

Earthjustice Applauds Northeast, Mid-Atlantic State Effort to Address Climate Change Pollution

Market based approach working in absence of Congressional leadership

A coal-fired power plant in Maryland.
(Photo courtesy of Jeff Stehr / UMD)
case July 21, 2009

Defending U.S. Carbon Cap And Trade

The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) is the first carbon cap and trade system that has been implemented in the United States. Nine Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states are committing to multiple steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, including a 45% reduction in 2014, which will be followed by an additional 2.5% each year from 2015…