#Offsets Could Make Up 85% of Calif.’s Cap-And-Trade Program - NYTimes.com
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en fait on ne va pas vraiment réduire les émissions de #CO2, mais les compenser… c’est moins cher
“Does it really matter if 85 percent of the reductions come from offsets?” Ard said. “The goal is to reduce [greenhouse gases] to a certain level by 2020. The goal isn’t necessarily to get sources to make certain type of reductions. [ARB is] offering more flexibility to these facilities to meet these targets.”
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Removing offsets from cap and trade “would almost double the price of compliance in the program through 2020,” ARB’s Sahota said.