California's cap-and-trade air quality benefits mostly go out of state
Wednesday, July 11, 2018 - 02:08
in Earth & Climate
During the first three years of California's five-year-old cap-and-trade program, the bulk of greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions occurred out of state, thus forgoing in-state reductions in harmful co-pollutants, such as particulate matter, that could improve air quality for state residents, according to a new study led by San Francisco State University and University of California, Berkeley researchers.