Emission Cap

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Emission Cap: - A limit designed to prevent projected growth in emissions from existing and future stationary sources from eroding any mandated reductions. Generally, such provisions require that any emission growth from facilities under the restrictions be offset by equivalent reductions at other facilities under the same cap. (See: emissions trading.)
[Environmental Protection Agency]

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The politics of pollution  -  Jul 28, 2008
Queen's Journal,An emission cap is set for a group of polluters who are then sold or given pollution permits, whose sum collectively equals the emission cap.

Peco predicts double-digit rate hike  -  Jul 30, 2008
Norristown Times Herald,Under such a plan, an overall emission cap is set by the government and companies are given a certain number of "credits" to pollute the air.

Wong unveils trading scheme details  -  Jul 15, 2008
ABC Online,Businesses will know within a five-year timeframe what the carbon emission cap would be, and can trade permits. The paper outlines several areas in which

The Outlook for Investing in Green Energy  -  Jul 23, 2008
U.S. News & World Report,Both candidates also want to create a carbon emission cap-and-trade system, an almost seismic event for green-tech firms as companies would rush to meet new

Climate plan takes BC 73% towards 2020 target  -  Jul 7, 2008
Ecolog.com (subscription),The plan's wide range of initiatives include $1.8 billion in innovative tax cuts funded by the revenue-neutral carbon tax, a new carbon emission cap and

Is Bob Barr Flip-Flopping on Climate Change?  -  Jul 18, 2008
Lew Rockwell,He`s out there buying into this global warming, carbon emission cap and trade." Now Barr says, "Former Vice President Al Gore and I have met privately to

India says link climate to food, energy for G8 deal  -  Jul 7, 2008
Reuters South Africa,..."Every side will push its own agenda -- the Japanese their sectoral emission cap, the Americans their nuclear energy route, Indians their development

Bob Barr on climate change  -  Jul 24, 2008
Nolan Chart LLC,He`s out there buying into this global warming, carbon emission cap and trade." (2) [stress added] Former Vice President Al Gore and I have met privately to

Cap, trade is more appealing than a tax  -  02 Dec 2007
The Columbian,A cap-and-trade system that allows polluting industries to buy credits from clean industries within an overall carbon emission cap will be as effective as a

UN does not expect emission caps from developing countries  -  02 Dec 2007
KalingaTimes,By Joydeep Gupta Bali (Indonesia), Dec 2 (IANS) The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that is organising a two-week global summit here from

Europe tourers may have to pay carbon tax  -  Nov 16, 2007
Times of India,While some industry estimates suggest that such emission cap and trading scheme could cost as much as $10 billion a year to the European carriers alone,

Acid Rain Emissions Are Down, Monitoring Still Needed  -  Nov 19, 2007
Environment News ServiceSources emitted 9.4 million tons of SO2 last year, below the emission cap of 9.5 million tons. Reductions amounted to 830000 tons from 2005 levels and an

New federal and provincial environmental legislation  -  Nov 6, 2007
Ecolog.com (subscription),Before the amendments, the mercury emission cap from coal-fired electric power plants was 168 kilograms (kg) per year. The new standards will set caps at 65

Mittal says EU emission cap will limit growth  -  Jul 30, 2007
Guardian Unlimited,Arcelor Mittal, the world's biggest steel company, has warned that a blitz of planned investments in Europe to meet booming demand is threatened by strict

Legal commentary: Climate change effects  -  Aug 23, 2007
Contract Journal,The Carbon Reduction Commitment, a mandatory emission cap and trade scheme for larger businesses and the public sector, will apply to organisations whose

Bangladesh: Carbon Currency – Emission Trading  -  Aug 8, 2007
Energy Bangla,Despite the criticism and disadvantages, emission cap and permit trading systems are seen to be more politically feasible than emission taxes and are being

Premiers fail to agree on emissions  -  Aug 9, 2007
Toronto Star,MONCTON – Canada's premiers shied away today from ganging up on Alberta and its booming petroleum industry as they tackled the divisive issue of greenhouse

Corporations have more clout than people of Alberta  -  Aug 16, 2007
Brooks Bulletin,...he favors Alberta’s climate change legislation which deals with reducing greenhouse gases based on units of output rather than a flat out emission cap.

Pollution From Shipping Is Double That Of Flying  -  Jul 31, 2007
Daily GreenMr Bowring's organisation became an unlikely environmental champion two years ago, when it proposed a one per cent global sulphur emission cap.

Edwards' populist America  -  Aug 19, 2007
Portsmouth Herald News,...one of the few to call for a carbon emission cap — and sell off the right to emit carbon gases and use the money for alternative energy development.




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