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Tools of the Trade: A Guide To Designing and Operating a Cap and Trade Program For Pollution Control

This guidebook is intended as a reference for policy-makers and regulators considering cap emissions trading as a policy tool to control pollution.

Tools of the Trade: A Guide To Designing and Operating a Cap and Trade Program For Pollution Control (pdf) (1.05 MB, June, 2003)

Tools of the Trade: A Guide To Designing and Operating a Cap and Trade Program For Pollution Control

Emissions Trading