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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The measure renames the cap-and-trade program cap-and-invest and extends it 15 years from 2030, the current expiration date, coinciding with the state’s declared intention to make California carbon neutral by 2045.
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Dan Walters, Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2026
But both federal and private sector money are now nowhere to be seen, and cap-and-trade revenue is inherently speculative.
—Jon Coupal, Oc Register, 15 Mar. 2026
Lawmakers voted last year to reauthorize the cap-and-invest program — formerly known as cap-and-trade — through 2045.
—Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
On top of that, California requires a special fuel blend that adds another 15 cents per gallon, the state’s cap-and-trade program costs another 26 cents and a special sales tax for gas contributes another 10 cents, according to the California Energy Commission.
—Adam Summers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Jan. 2026
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Dan Walters, Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2026
But both federal and private sector money are now nowhere to be seen, and cap-and-trade revenue is inherently speculative.
—Jon Coupal, Oc Register, 15 Mar. 2026
Lawmakers voted last year to reauthorize the cap-and-invest program — formerly known as cap-and-trade — through 2045.
—Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
On top of that, California requires a special fuel blend that adds another 15 cents per gallon, the state’s cap-and-trade program costs another 26 cents and a special sales tax for gas contributes another 10 cents, according to the California Energy Commission.
—Adam Summers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Jan. 2026
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