Cap & Trade in the USA

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4.12.11: As California gears up to launch an emissions trading scheme in 2012, AB 32, NNR surveys precedents in Europe and in the U.S.

We talk with Eron Bloomgarden, President of Environmental Markets at Equator, LLC, on the EU Emissions Trading System and barriers to passing a U.S. national emissions trading program, and with Jonathan Schrag, Executive Director of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a mandatory carbon market in 10 Northeastern states.