The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative has become a flashpoint across the Northeast, with lawmakers in two states vowing to exit the program and environmental advocates calling to reform it.
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The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative is a cooperative effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions among 10 Northeastern states: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont. The cap-and-trade program auctions emission allowances, and generated revenue is used to fund energy efficiency improvements.
