Us Northeast Cap & Trade

Analysis Group claims,
. . . the cap & trade program, called the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI)
. . . involving 9 New England and Mid-Atlantic states has added,
. . . . . . $1.3 billion in economic activity to the region since 2011,
. . . . . . while lowering carbon emissions by 15%.
. . . It also says people in those states have paid,
. . . . . . $460 million less for electricity during that time,
. . . . . . thanks to the cap & trade program.

We’re seeing many of the older, high-carbon-emitting power plants go offline.

“A generation of power plants built in the fifties are finally dying,
. . . A lot of those were not only burning coal, they were burning less efficiently,
imagine a car that’s not only burning leaded gas, but getting 3 miles to the gallon.”

07-16-2015 Source:  US Northeast Cap & Trade