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UPDATE – California cap-and-trade emissions crash 10% in pandemic-afflicted 2020

Published 19:57 on November 4, 2021  /  Last updated at 22:21 on November 4, 2021  / Matthew Lithgow /  Americas, Canada, US

GHG output under California’s WCI-linked carbon market plunged 10% in 2020 as impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic weighed across multiple economic sectors, according to data posted by state regulator ARB on Thursday.
GHG output under California’s WCI-linked carbon market plunged 10% in 2020 as impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic weighed across multiple economic sectors, according to data posted by state regulator ARB on Thursday.


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