Americas > WCI lawsuit ruling could also threaten RGGI, other state initiatives, experts say

WCI lawsuit ruling could also threaten RGGI, other state initiatives, experts say

Published 17:25 on March 6, 2020  /  Last updated at 17:39 on March 6, 2020  / Matthew Lithgow /  Americas, Canada, International, US

A ruling in favour of the Trump administration’s challenge of the California-Quebec ETS linkage could endanger the status of countless US state compacts, including the RGGI power sector carbon market, if the case arrives at the Supreme Court, legal experts said.
A ruling in favour of the Trump administration’s challenge of the California-Quebec ETS linkage could endanger the status of countless US state compacts, including the RGGI power sector carbon market, if the case arrives at the Supreme Court, legal experts said.


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