Environmental Defense
Feb 27 2007, Rajni

Governors of five Western States (Oregon, California, Washington, New Mexico, and Arizona) have agreed on the plan to cut their states’ emissions of gases linked to global warming and to establish the regional carbon trading system. The agreement is...

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