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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