California eyes adding air pollutants to GHG cap-and-trade

April 28, 2017
California lawmakers are advancing a bill that would add new conventional air pollution rules and facility emission caps to the state's greenhouse gas cap-and-trade program, an approach that environmental justice advocates have sought for years but which industry groups consider regulatory blasphemy. As Inside Cal/EPA's Curt Barry reports , a California Assembly committee this week approved the controversial bill extending the state's GHG cap-and-trade program to 2030 but also implementing strict new facility air standards and emission caps that...


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