First U.S. CO2 auction nets $38.5 million

Courtesy MSNBC.com: Environment  Mon, 09/29/2008 - 13:25

Northeastern fossil fuel-burning power plants, which are now required to buy credits to cover the carbon they emit, spent nearly $40 million in the first such U.S. cap-and-trade auction.


 

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