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Dems continue to push failed cap-and-trade
Democrats in the Legislature are trying to turn the tables after Gov. Chris Christie pulled New Jersey out of a greenhouse gas coalition last year. They are advancing a bill to restore the state’s standing in the cap-and-trade program intended to limit carbon emissions.
Both houses have committee-cleared measures ready for votes that would require New Jersey’s participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, which was reduced to a nine-state combine when the Republican governor in May 2011, to the dismay of environmental advocates, deemed the program ineffective. (Jordan, Gannett)