CARB analysis says cap-and-trade remains best way to cut carbon; arguments continue

摘要

A new, court-ordered California Air Resources Boardnanalysis of options for regulating the state’s emissions fromngreenhouse gases concurs with the agency’s earlier finding thatncap-and-trade is the best tool to achieve the state’s ambitiousnclimate goals.nSan Francisco Superior Court Judge Ernest Goldsmithnordered the review after he ruled in May that CARB had failednto adequately consider alternatives to the cap-and-trade system.nCARB has appealed the ruling.nMeanwhile, the 1st Appellate District of the CalifornianCourt of Appeals on June 3 temporarily lifted Goldsmith’sninjunction, which had prevented CARB from moving forwardnon cap-and-trade. The appeals court decision temporarily supersedesnGoldsmith’s ruling.