Author(s): Anonymous
Source: Onearth
Date of Publication: January 01, 2005

The federal government may not recognize carbon dioxide as a pollutant worth regulating, but on September 17, New Jersey became the sixth state in the nation to declare that it is. New Jersey can now participate in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, a nine-state program that aims to cap emissions from power plants and other industrial sources. NRDC, the lead environmental group involved in the program, is working to develop the nation's first real greenhouse gas cap-and-trade system. Power plants will be able to trade emissions allowances with other program participants to find the cheapest ways to reduce pollution.

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