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Offset providers say new carbon-pricing bill is 'horrific'
The carbon offset industry is reeling from a new proposal by California lawmakers that would shut them out of the state's carbon market after 2020.
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Debra Kahn, E&E News reporter
The carbon offset industry is reeling from a new proposal by California lawmakers that would shut them out of the state's carbon market after 2020.
Renewable portfolio standards have long prompted grumbling from economists, who would prefer a price on carbon emissions over a mandate on clean electricity sales.
By Benjamin Storrow in Climatewire
The Interior Department's inspector general says an "investigation has been opened" in response to complaints lodged against a half-dozen current or former senior political appointees.
By Michael Doyle in E&E News PM
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Renewable portfolio standards have long prompted grumbling from economists, who would prefer a price on carbon emissions over a mandate on clean electricity sales.
By Benjamin Storrow in Climatewire
The Interior Department's inspector general says an "investigation has been opened" in response to complaints lodged against a half-dozen current or former senior political appointees.
By Michael Doyle in E&E News PM