Contentious Oregon Climate Plan Takes Lessons From California’s Mistakes

Oregon could become the second U.S. state to pass an economy-wide cap-and-trade system to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. While emulating the first such program in California, Oregon also hopes to avoid repeating its mistakes. Yet the bill to create the program is so contentious, it is opposed by both industry and some environmental justice advocates.

By Cassandra Profita. NPR News. June 6, 2019.

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