State Officials Float Draft Model Rule For State Transportation GHG Cap

State officials who are crafting a regional cap-and-trade program for transport-related greenhouse gas emissions are proposing a draft model regulation that defines entities subject to compliance or reporting requirements, lays out price thresholds for triggering cost or emissions safeguards and includes environmental justice provisions. The new draft model regulation follows through on a December commitment by Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and Washington, D.C. to the Transportation Climate Initiative Program (TCI-P) aimed at achieving a 26 percent cut in transportation greenhouse...