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Senate leader proposes big changes to carbon-pricing program
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Top California lawmakers moved yesterday to overhaul the state's cap-and-trade system to send revenue back to residents as a "climate dividend."
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Debra Kahn, E&E News reporter
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Top California lawmakers moved yesterday to overhaul the state's cap-and-trade system to send revenue back to residents as a "climate dividend."
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Industrial pollution is a risk factor in the era of COVID-19. But an oil refinery in Artesia, N.M., poses a heightened threat to residents: It has some the nation's highest annual emissions of cancer-causing benzene after a decade of slack government oversight.
By Corbin Hiar in Greenwire
On Page 1,525, the rule rolling back emissions standards for cars says it could cause 444 to 1,000 premature deaths from air pollution.
By Maxine Joselow in Climatewire