Northeast states weigh overhaul of 20-year-old carbon market as emissions fall 50%

The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, which has cut power-sector emissions in half since its 2005 launch, faces pressure to strengthen its carbon price and auction mechanisms as states consider updating the cap-and-trade system.

First covered Sep 16, 2026 · 12:30 AM PT · 1 article · no longer in the live window

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10d Canary Media Is it time to rethink the Northeast's cap-and-trade system? — Twenty years ago, a group of Northeastern states signed on to a plan to reduce the greenhouse gases spewing from power plants by making generators pay for the…

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