| 单词 | cap and trade |
| 释义 | > as lemmascap and trade cap and trade n. a market-based approach to pollution control whereby an organization producing emissions at a volume below its designated limit is permitted to sell the rights to the unused portion of its allowance; chiefly attributive. ΚΠ 1995 Clean Air Act Implementation: Hearings before Energy & Commerce Comm. (U.S. House of Representatives, 103rd Congr., 2nd Sess.) 108 The kind of ‘cap and trade’ regime established for SO2 in Title IV illustrates a compelling strategy for internalizing the environmental costs of energy and electricity production. 1997 R. Gelbspan Heat is On (1998) viii. 188 The ‘cap and trade’ emission scheme..amounts to little more than a grab-bag of loopholes to be exploited by industry. 2004 N.Y. Times Mag. 4 Apr. 66/3 Many Republicans and some moderate Democrats embrace the general concept of cap-and-trade. 2014 Guardian (Nexis) 16 Nov. George Bush senior..put a cap and trade system in place on some emissions from power plants. < as lemmas |
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