California Carbon

Living on Earth

You may have heard that California recently passed the nation’s first limits on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants and other businesses. But you may not have heard of companion legislation that would force all western producers who want to sell electricity to California to limit their carbon dioxide as well.

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