TCI Backers Seek To Counter State, Free-Market Opposition To GHG Plan

Environmentalists who support the Transportation Climate Initiative (TCI) -- an effort by a group of Northeast states seeking to develop a regional cap-and-trade plan for transportation fuels -- are pushing back on criticism levied by some state officials and conservative groups trying to pressure states not to join. For over a decade, TCI has considered options for a regional GHG program for transportation and is now settling on a potential policy solution. Late last year, it floated a cap-and-trade plan...