cap-and-trade
adjective
: relating to or being a system that caps the amount of carbon emissions a given company may produce but allows it to buy rights to produce additional emissions from a company that does not use the equivalent amount of its own allowance
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But canceling the bullet train and allowing the costly cap-and-trade program to expire would significantly reduce the cost of living in California by cutting the price of energy and everything that uses energy.
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The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 11 June 2025
The state is likely to continue being the project’s primary sponsor, as Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed in his May budget revision that $1 billion per year for the high-speed rail through 2045 come from California’s cap-and-trade program.
—David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 4 June 2025
That thinking was a key part in developing the country’s cap-and-trade system, which was enacted last year and is in the process of being implemented.
—Justin Worland, Time, 23 May 2025
President Trump has made specific threats to California’s environmental efforts, including its vehicle emission standards and cap-and-trade program.
—Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2025
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The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 11 June 2025
The state is likely to continue being the project’s primary sponsor, as Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed in his May budget revision that $1 billion per year for the high-speed rail through 2045 come from California’s cap-and-trade program.
—David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 4 June 2025
That thinking was a key part in developing the country’s cap-and-trade system, which was enacted last year and is in the process of being implemented.
—Justin Worland, Time, 23 May 2025
President Trump has made specific threats to California’s environmental efforts, including its vehicle emission standards and cap-and-trade program.
—Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2025
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“Cap-and-trade.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cap-and-trade. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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