POLITICO: “Report Calls for Including Power Plants in ‘Cap and Invest’”
The top story in POLITICO’s New York newsletter details a new report by RFF and the New York City Environmental Justice Alliance on proposed state climate laws.
Leaving the electric sector out of a proposed cap-and-trade system, as New York officials have indicated they’re leaning toward, would increase harmful pollution from fossil fuel plants, according to new research. The latest report released today by the collaboration between Resources for the Future and the New York City Environmental Justice Alliance focuses on a key policy question facing the state as it works on draft regulations for “cap and invest.”
