emissions

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The program forces major polluters to pay for their share of emissions by buying allowances at auctions or being granted them for free.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026

“These additional allowances would not only endanger our emissions targets, they would also flood the auction market and depress cap-and-invest revenues,” said Pam Odell of the group Climate Action California.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026

Another was to give investors such as government pension funds a cudgel to pressure companies into reducing CO2 emissions.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

Climate Minister Maina Talia warned then that the project's emissions threatened Tuvalu's very "survival", urging Australia to reject the extension.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

Unlike fossil fuels, wind, solar, and hydroelectric systems generate electricity with no associated air pollution emissions.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler