Massachusetts presses other states in region to cut emissions

The Boston Globe: Massachusetts is pressing some reluctant states to require power plants to cut carbon emissions twice as fast as the current guidelines in their regional climate change program, a market-based effort that’s considered a national model.

The proposal pushed by the Baker administration would require the nine states of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative to curb emissions by 5 percent each year between 2020 and 2031.

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