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After 25 Years of Futility, Democrats Finally Jettison Carbon Pricing in Favor of Incentives to Counter Climate Change

The $370 billion Inflation Reduction Act is the nation’s first comprehensive climate plan to curtail greenhouse gas emissions and boost renewable energy and green technology. It relies on tax credits and other “carrots,” not sticks.

By Marianne Lavelle

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) speaks during a rally to highlight the efforts of Congressional Democrats to legislate against climate change outside the U.S. Capitol in October 2021. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo delivers his 2020 State of the State address in Albany. Credit: J. Conrad Williams

Cuomo’s New Climate Change Plan is Ambitious but Short on Money

By Kristoffer Tigue

Cap & Trade Proceeds to Boost Enviro Justice

By Amy Nordrum

Pushback on California-Quebec Climate Plan

By Mike De Souza

Mass. Governor Deval Patrick signs an energy law

In RGGI States, Critical Revenues Seen Doubling

By Maria Gallucci

Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives John Boehner

Clean Energy: What to Expect in 2013

By Maria Gallucci

BrightSource's Ivanph solar project in California, first large-scale solar therm

California Climate Policy in Obama's 2nd Term

By Maria Gallucci

Gov. Chris Christie speaks after signing into law the solar energy bill

New Jersey: When Solar Economics Trumps Politics

By Maria Gallucci, InsideClimate News

Clean air rally in Oakland, Calif.

California Torn Over Cap & Trade Riches

By Maria Gallucci, InsideClimate News

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie

A Last-Ditch Effort to Save Cap & Trade in New Jersey

By Maria Gallucci, InsideClimate News

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick

Northeast Bucking CO2 Emissions Trend

By Maria Gallucci, InsideClimate News

Gov. Deval Patrick

Climate Pact Gives Mass. Economy Jobs and Needed Lift

By Maria Gallucci, InsideClimate News

Turkey Eyes Slice of Global Carbon Trade

By Julia Harte, InsideClimate News

A coal-fired power plant in Victoria, Australia

Australia Nears Deal on Carbon Trading

By Rob Taylor, Reuters

New Jersey State Legislature

NJ Dems Trying to Reverse RGGI Exit

By Maria Gallucci, SolveClimate News

Gov. Chris Christie

Should Gov. Christie Repay RGGI Money?

By Maria Gallucci, SolveClimate News

Ramagundam Super Thermal Power Station

India's Inventive Approach to Curbing Emissions

By Krittivas Mukherjee, Reuters

Merrimack Coal-Fired Power Plant

Carbon Market Survives Attacks, Uncertainty Ahead

By Maria Gallucci, SolveClimate News

Gov. Jerry Brown

Will California's Cap-and-Trade Market Be Delayed?

By Peter Henderson, Reuters

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