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Can California’s cap and trade address environmental justice?

GreenBiz

The system works by setting a limit on the total amount of greenhouse gases released by refineries, power plants and other large emitters, and requires polluters to obtain permits to cover their share. In-state emissions were offset by purchasing cleaner power and carbon credits from other projects that reduced emissions elsewhere.).

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Can California’s cap and trade address environmental justice?

AGreenLiving

The system works by setting a limit on the total amount of greenhouse gases released by refineries, power plants and other large emitters, and requires polluters to obtain permits to cover their share. In-state emissions were offset by purchasing cleaner power and carbon credits from other projects that reduced emissions elsewhere.)

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A Texas Community Is Being Bombarded by Cancer-Causing Benzene. State Officials Have Known for Nearly Two Decades

DeSmogBlog

The EPA’s National Air Toxics Assessment tool is based on weaker monitoring data from a few years back. TCEQ continues to vigilantly evaluate benzene levels at [the Jacintoport] monitor, while encouraging efforts to reduce benzene in this area,” an agency spokesperson said in an email. That’s likely an undercount,” Hopkins said.