cap-and-trade

adjective (prenominal)

denoting a scheme which allows companies with high greenhouse gas emissions to buy an emission allowance from companies which have fewer emissions, in a bid to reduce the overall impact to the environment

Nearby words

cap screw, cap sleeve, cap spinning, cap'n, cap-a-pie, cap-and-trade, cap-de-la-madeleine, cap-haitien, cap., cap. moll., capa

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Examples from the Web for cap-and-trade

That legislation included a cap-and-trade plan to lower carbon emissions.
Obama’s New Emissions Rules Will Yank the Climate Change Debate Back Into Reality|Sally Kohn|June 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A carbon tax or cap-and-trade regime is probably not going to happen.
Obama’s Economic Triumph|Michael Tomasky|June 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Theda Skopcol has written a lengthy post-mortem on the failure of cap-and-trade legislation aimed at reducing carbon emissions.
Why Did Cap and Trade Fail?|Megan McArdle|January 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Cap-and-trade is much kludgier than carbon taxes; subsidies to wind and solar are kludgier than cap and trade.
America's Kludgeocracy Democracy|David Frum|December 11, 2012|DAILY BEAST

Ryan opposed a cap-and-trade program on energy in 2009, calling it “job-killing.”
Paul Ryan on the Issues: Taxes, Abortion, & More|The Daily Beast|August 11, 2012|DAILY BEAST