cap-and-trade
adjective
: relating to or being a system that caps the amount of carbon emissions a given company may produce but allows it to buy rights to produce additional emissions from a company that does not use the equivalent amount of its own allowance
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His plan is light on specifics but includes defending the state’s cap-and-trade program.
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Sophie Austin, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2026
California's cap-and-trade tacks on roughly 23 cents to every gallon, and the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) adds another 14 cents.
—Richard Ramos, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
The measure renames the cap-and-trade program cap-and-invest and extends it 15 years from 2030, the current expiration date, coinciding with the state’s declared intention to make California carbon neutral by 2045.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2026
But both federal and private sector money are now nowhere to be seen, and cap-and-trade revenue is inherently speculative.
—Jon Coupal, Oc Register, 15 Mar. 2026
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Sophie Austin, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2026
California's cap-and-trade tacks on roughly 23 cents to every gallon, and the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) adds another 14 cents.
—Richard Ramos, CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026
The measure renames the cap-and-trade program cap-and-invest and extends it 15 years from 2030, the current expiration date, coinciding with the state’s declared intention to make California carbon neutral by 2045.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2026
But both federal and private sector money are now nowhere to be seen, and cap-and-trade revenue is inherently speculative.
—Jon Coupal, Oc Register, 15 Mar. 2026
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“Cap-and-trade.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cap-and-trade. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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