Americas > California refutes DOJ arguments ahead of critical ETS linkage hearing

California refutes DOJ arguments ahead of critical ETS linkage hearing

Published 23:31 on March 4, 2020  /  Last updated at 15:19 on March 3, 2022  / Dan McGraw /  Americas, Canada, Paris Article 6, US

The US Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Constitutionally-based arguments against the California-Quebec carbon market linkage would vastly expand the government’s authority while presenting little legal precedent to do so, state officials wrote this week.
The US Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Constitutionally-based arguments against the California-Quebec carbon market linkage would vastly expand the government’s authority while presenting little legal precedent to do so, state officials wrote this week.


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