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RGGI increasing CO2, co-pollutant burden on environmental justice communities -report

Published 18:02 on November 22, 2019  /  Last updated at 18:06 on November 22, 2019  / Matthew Lithgow /  Americas, US

Low-income and disadvantaged communities experienced rising carbon emissions and greater exposure to particulate matter due to the Northeast US RGGI cap-and-trade programme design, a non-governmental organisation said in a report this week.
Low-income and disadvantaged communities experienced rising carbon emissions and greater exposure to particulate matter due to the Northeast US RGGI cap-and-trade programme design, a non-governmental organisation said in a report this week.


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