The bipartisan vote to extend California’s climate change law through 2030 was a major victory for Gov. Jerry Brown. The state’s cap-and-trade program puts a statewide cap on greenhouse gas emissions and allows businesses to buy credits, essentially allowing them to release pollutants.
Guy Marzorati ( @GuyMarzorati) of Here & Now contributor KQED tells Here & Now‘s Jeremy Hobson how it works.
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