Now that Democrats have won the presidency and expanded their majorities in both houses of Congress, they will be under enormous pressure from environmentalists to implement a “cap-and-trade” system ...

The American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, a bill co-authored by Congressmen Henry A. Waxman and Edward J. Markey, may soon come to the House floor for a vote. The bill details an expansive ...

I wrote yesterday about where utility-only cap-and-trade might go wrong. There is, however, a potential upside. If the United States ever gets serious about reducing its use of oil, utility-only ...

Senators from manufacturing states have been among the most skeptical of cap-and-trade legislation. One would expect, then, that they’d be thrilled by the prospect of utility-only cap-and-trade, which ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Granite Shore Power's Merrimack Generating Station in Bow, N.H., will be the last coal plant to close in New England when it shuts ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – California is debuting its new, landmark cap-and-trade program with an auction of greenhouse gas pollution permits, despite an eleventh-hour lawsuit filed by the state’s largest ...

Granite Shore Power’s Merrimack Generating Station in Bow, N.H., will be the last coal plant to close in New England when it shuts down in 2028. Twenty years ago, a group of Northeastern states signed ...

Twenty years ago, a group of Northeastern states signed on to a plan to reduce the greenhouse gases spewing from power plants by making generators pay for the carbon they release. Since then, the ...