Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

Maine’s Department of Environmental Protection says a Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative auction has gained $769,000 for the state to go toward energy efficiency programs and job creation. The 10-state cap-and-trade collaborative’s auction of carbon credits was held last week. A total of $25.5 million was made available through proceeds from its 12th auction of carbon credits. Maine is a member state of the collaborative. The $769,092 earmarked for Maine will be managed by the Efficiency Maine Trust to fund programs to improve energy efficiency, accelerate the deployment of...

The New Hampshire House is trying again to remove the state from a regional program to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. The House Science, Technology and Energy Committee is holding a hearing Tuesday on legislation to end the state's participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. Gov. John Lynch vetoed a similar bill last year. The Senate's vote to override the veto fell short and the bill died. The regional program is a cap-and-trade program for carbon dioxide.

New Hampshire’s House and Senate will take up competing bills dealing with a regional program designed to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. The Senate will vote Wednesday on a bill to retain New Hampshire’s participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, but place limits on the program. The House will vote to repeal the state’s RGGI law. RGGI requires utilities and other companies that generate greenhouse gases to reduce pollution or bid at auction for allowances giving them the right to produce certain amounts of carbon dioxide.

Gov. John Lynch is expected to veto a bill on his desk that ends New Hampshire’s participation in a regional program designed to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. Lynch has said he would veto any effort to end the state’s participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. The House pushed hard for the Senate to support repealing the state’s law that implements the program. The Senate lacked the votes to override a veto and tried instead to get the House to modify the program.

The New Hampshire House is trying again to remove the state from a regional program to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. The House Science, Technology and Energy Committee is holding a hearing Tuesday on legislation to end the state's participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. Gov. John Lynch vetoed a similar bill last year. The Senate's vote to override the veto fell short and the bill died. The regional program is a cap-and-trade program for carbon dioxide.

Gov. John Lynch is expected to veto a bill on his desk that ends New Hampshire’s participation in a regional program designed to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. Lynch has said he would veto any effort to end the state’s participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. The House pushed hard for the Senate to support repealing the state’s law that implements the program. The Senate lacked the votes to override a veto and tried instead to get the House to modify the program.

CONCORD, N.H. - New England is not on track to meet its targets for reductions in global warming pollution, a commitment made in 2001, according to a report issued by a coalition of environmental groups. Global warming emissions have increased since then in most sectors of the region's economy, from transportation, electricity generation, and fossil fuel consumption, said the report released yesterday, "Falling Behind: New England Must Act Now to Reduce Global Warming Pollution.

CONCORD, N.H. - New Hampshire's political leaders are getting behind a 10-state regional effort to cut greenhouse gas emissions to preserve the state's climate and way of life. Governor John Lynch told a House committee yesterday that New Hampshire will benefit environmentally and economically if it approves the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. "We've all enjoyed the warm weather of the past couple of days," Lynch said. "But if global warming is left unchecked, our grandchildren could be living in a much warmer climate that simply is not New...

CONCORD, N.H. — The New Hampshire House voted yesterday to end the state’s participation in a cap-and-trade program aimed at reducing carbon emissions at the end of the year. The House voted 246-104 for a bill that would repeal the law under which the state joined the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. New Hampshire is one of 10 Northeastern states participating in a cap-and-trade program for carbon dioxide. Under the program, generators must reduce pollution or bid at auction for allowances giving them the right to produce certain amounts...

GRANTS PASS, Ore. — A coalition of seven Western states and three Canadian provinces yesterday offered its most detailed strategy yet for controlling greenhouse gas emissions blamed for climate change, saying they hope it will stand as a model for national systems in the United States and Canada. At the core of the Western Climate Initiative is a cap-and-trade system that would go into effect in January 2012, gradually reducing emissions. The system, which gives financial incentives to reduce carbon emissions, would start with power plants, then extend to large...

Maine’s Department of Environmental Protection says a Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative auction has gained $769,000 for the state to go toward energy efficiency programs and job creation. The 10-state cap-and-trade collaborative’s auction of carbon credits was held last week. A total of $25.5 million was made available through proceeds from its 12th auction of carbon credits. Maine is a member state of the collaborative. The $769,092 earmarked for Maine will be managed by the Efficiency Maine Trust to fund programs to improve energy efficiency, accelerate the deployment of...

New Hampshire’s House and Senate will take up competing bills dealing with a regional program designed to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. The Senate will vote Wednesday on a bill to retain New Hampshire’s participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, but place limits on the program. The House will vote to repeal the state’s RGGI law. RGGI requires utilities and other companies that generate greenhouse gases to reduce pollution or bid at auction for allowances giving them the right to produce certain amounts of carbon dioxide.

CONCORD, N.H. — The New Hampshire House voted yesterday to end the state’s participation in a cap-and-trade program aimed at reducing carbon emissions at the end of the year. The House voted 246-104 for a bill that would repeal the law under which the state joined the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. New Hampshire is one of 10 Northeastern states participating in a cap-and-trade program for carbon dioxide. Under the program, generators must reduce pollution or bid at auction for allowances giving them the right to produce certain amounts of carbon dioxide.

GRANTS PASS, Ore. — A coalition of seven Western states and three Canadian provinces yesterday offered its most detailed strategy yet for controlling greenhouse gas emissions blamed for climate change, saying they hope it will stand as a model for national systems in the United States and Canada. At the core of the Western Climate Initiative is a cap-and-trade system that would go into effect in January 2012, gradually reducing emissions. The system, which gives financial incentives to reduce carbon emissions, would start with power plants, then extend to large...

CONCORD, N.H. - New England is not on track to meet its targets for reductions in global warming pollution, a commitment made in 2001, according to a report issued by a coalition of environmental groups. Global warming emissions have increased since then in most sectors of the region's economy, from transportation, electricity generation, and fossil fuel consumption, said the report released yesterday, "Falling Behind: New England Must Act Now to Reduce Global Warming Pollution.

CONCORD, N.H. - New Hampshire's political leaders are getting behind a 10-state regional effort to cut greenhouse gas emissions to preserve the state's climate and way of life. Governor John Lynch told a House committee yesterday that New Hampshire will benefit environmentally and economically if it approves the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. "We've all enjoyed the warm weather of the past couple of days," Lynch said. "But if global warming is left unchecked, our grandchildren could be living in a much warmer climate that simply is not New...

Four years after Governor Deval Patrick announced ambitious plans to blunt the impact of global warming, the state is falling behind in its efforts to reduce emissions of gases that trap heat in the atmosphere, according to the first comprehensive review of the administration's climate change goals. The report by MassINC, a nonprofit, independent think tank in Boston, found that the state is not on track to meet its interim goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions to 25 percent below 1990 levels by 2020.

ALBANY, N.Y. - A coalition of 10 northeastern states, including Massachusetts, auctioned 31.5 million tons of carbon yesterday in the second of a series of auctions that could help create a US program to curb global warming. The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative requires power plants to pay for carbon dioxide they produce, providing an incentive to cut emissions. The amount for sale will gradually be reduced.