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Nine Northeast states pledge to reduce greenhouse gases further
Description: Members of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative announced on February 7 they will reduce the allowable greenhouse gas emissions from power plants by 45 percent next year. The multi-state agreement will lower the cap on carbon dioxide emissions from 165 million tons to 91 million tons in 2014. The six New England states, along with New York, Maryland and Delaware, agreed to further reduce the cap by 2.5 percent per year from 2015-2020 and expect to reduce emissions by another 80 to 90 million tons in coming years. [Source: Gulf of Maine Times]
URL: http://www.gulfofmaine.org/gomt/?p=1514
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Source: Gulf of Maine Times
Publish Date: 2/1/2013
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