Cap-and-Trade Confusion

Under cap-and-trade, if a business can cut emissions faster, you can trade emission credits - for a price - to a business that can’t. (Photo courtesy of the US EPA)

Congress is debating a cap-and- trade plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But a recent poll determined most people don't know what cap-and-trade means. Lester Graham reports:

Wikipedia's page on cap-and-trade

A related story from The Environment Report

The EPA's page on cap-and-trade

Producer: Lester Graham
Release Date: May 18, 2009
Running Time: :50