Is it time to rethink the Northeast’s cap-and-trade system?

By: Sarah Shemkus, Canary Media

Outlets: NH Bulletin

Published: September 17, 2026

Words: 1,402

Last Updated: 1 day, 6 hours ago


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Twenty years ago, a group of Northeastern states signed on to a plan to reduce the greenhouse gases spewing from power plants by making generators pay for the carbon they release. Since then, the region’s power sector emissions have dropped by half, and states have …

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