Senators from manufacturing states have been among the most skeptical of cap-and-trade legislation. One would expect, then, that they’d be thrilled by the prospect of utility-only cap-and-trade, which ...

When the Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill collapsed a few year back, advocates of aggressive action on climate change despaired. But a fascinating and provocative new analysis from Dallas Butraw and ...

The cap and trade bill passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 219-212. The bill, which includes a tax on carbon emissions, has 300 pages of amendments (bribes) added after 3 a.m. on the day ...

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Republican legislators in California are concerned proposed changes to the state's cap-and-trade program could drive up gas prices at least $1 a gallon.

It's hard to find an upside to the disastrous oil spill still spreading in the Gulf of Mexico. But Democrats may be looking to push cap and trade legislation, which had previously stalled, off of ...