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

By: Sarah Shemkus, Canary Media

Outlets: Maine Morning Star

Published: September 18, 2026

Words: 1,341

Last Updated: 1 hour, 48 minutes ago

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This story was originally published by Canary Media.

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 reaped more than $10 billion in revenue to invest in energy programs.

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