California braces for the complex world of carbon markets

KQED: As chair of the California Air Resources Board, Mary Nichols is presiding over the nation's first comprehensive cap-and-trade program. When its nascent cap-and-trade program ramps up later this year, California will be the first state in the nation to reduce greenhouse gases by making a broad spectrum of big polluters buy permits to exceed their allotted emissions. Other governments, industry and scientists will be watching, but there`s still a lot to sort out. That much has been evident at...

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