Northeast States Trade Carbon Emission Credits
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Northeast States Trade Carbon Emission Credits
Fri Oct 03 18:04:07 EDT 2008
A consortium of Northeast states has completed the first cap-and-trade greenhouse gas auction in the U.S. Under cap-and-trade, limits are set on emissions. Companies that do not use up their quota of emissions are able to sell their excess emission capacity to other companies. 
