A group of states on the East Coast has been operating a cap-and-trade system for carbon emissions for years. But the compact made headlines this fall as some states weighed whether to join the effort ...

The president breaks a promise. July 17, 2012 -- The third in a series of articles examining the campaign promises Barack Obama made in 2008 and where they stand now. One of Barack Obama's promises ...

Following Republican walk-outs in 2019 and 2020 that denied a vote on Oregon’s new cap and trade rules designed to lower greenhouse gas emissions, state officials have gone ahead and drafted the new ...

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A key group of lawmakers have proposed that Oregon shift to a market-based emissions allowance system that could fundamentally alter the state’s regulation of companies that emit pollution in order to ...

Men raise United States and State of Jefferson flags outside the Capitol in Salem, Ore., during a Timber Unity rally Thursday, Feb. 8, 2020. The rally was convened to oppose a cap-and-trade bill being ...

Oregon legislators are considering a cap-and-trade program to partially fund ODOT. There are concerns about implementing the program within the current legislative session. Increased gas taxes and ...

Re “California to extend expiring cap, trade program” (Sept. 14): Cap-and-trade is a large source of tax revenue for the state of California. The concept of capturing some of the costs of pollution ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders said Tuesday that they will try to extend cap-and-trade, California’s flagship environmental regulation program, a week after the White House said it would ...

Nearly 20 years ago, I co-authored and cast my vote in favor of Assembly Bill 32, the Global Warming Solutions Act, which authorized California’s cap-and-trade program. At that time, many of my ...