A dozen states are working on a regional cap-and-trade plan that would reduce pollution from cars and trucks and buck the Trump administration
Governors from several northeastern and mid-Atlantic states may have found a way to reduce pollution from cars and trucks and buck the Trump administration, which is trying to weaken auto emissions standards and gut efforts to curb climate change.
As hopes for federal action on climate change remain dim, state officials see the regional approach as a way to have a significant impact in reducing emissions from the transportation sector. Transportation is the largest source of emissions in the states engaged in these discussions, and one that has been rising in recent years. Environmentalists and policymakers say that reducing emissions from the sector is particularly challenging, in part because sales of electric vehicles have been relatively slow.
“It’s not entirely being driven by a climate lens, it’s being driven by a crisis that we’re having in the transportation sector,” said Natural Resources Defense Council’s Jackson Morris. “Taxes are not a winning narrative but reinvesting in a cleaner transportation system that serves your constituents better is a winning narrative.”
“There has to be transparency on this as soon as possible so that the citizenship has an opportunity to weigh in — if they want it, how much they’re willing to pay and where the money goes,” he said. “We are the ones who are going to be collecting this money from the motoring public and we’d like them to know what they’re being charged for.”
One major issue that must still be worked out: how the states will divide up the money raised from the sale of the emissions, given that gas sold in one state might be used in another — particularly in metropolitan areas like New York City. That’s a potentially sticky issue because it deals with what share of money each state will ultimately receive if the program moves forward.
“The more states that are involved the greater opportunity there is for carbon reductions and to make a real and lasting impact that’s positive for the environment,” Grumbles said. Bast said he’s excited about the “transformative” potential of the program for Virginia’s transportation economy. He said they haven’t conducted public polling but that the public is increasingly recognizing the importance of action to reduce emissions.
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