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 several Democratic affordability bills drew GOP opposition, notably the extension of the cap-and-trade program aimed at limiting climate-changing greenhouse gas emissions, which critics said would further raise gas prices.
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Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2025
Ian Choudri California High Speed Rail Authority CEO loses $4 billion after Trump pulls federal funds from the troubled project, but lands $1 billion a year from state lawmakers who extend cap-and-trade program.
—Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 21 Sep. 2025
The bill allocates cap-and-trade funds.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 18 Sep. 2025
The funds will come from the state’s convoluted cap-and-trade program, which makes emitters of greenhouse gases buy pollution credits.
—Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
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Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2025
Ian Choudri California High Speed Rail Authority CEO loses $4 billion after Trump pulls federal funds from the troubled project, but lands $1 billion a year from state lawmakers who extend cap-and-trade program.
—Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 21 Sep. 2025
The bill allocates cap-and-trade funds.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 18 Sep. 2025
The funds will come from the state’s convoluted cap-and-trade program, which makes emitters of greenhouse gases buy pollution credits.
—Steve Forbes, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for cap-and-trade
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