Interview: Richard Cowart on RGGI

Greenhouse gases are on the auction block today, as Vermont and nine other northeastern states hold the nation’s first-ever sale of pollution credits. We’re finding out more about RGGI from Richard Cowart. He was one of the creators of the program and former chairman of the Public Service Board.

Morning Newscast: September 22, 2008

Here are the top stories at 7:30 a.m.: Vermont and nine other northeastern states this week will conduct the nation’s first carbon auction, taking the same approach that curbed lake-killing acid rain; The Vermont Yankee nuclear plant wants permission from the state to operate for another 20 years. And it wants the Public Service Board to make that decision by this spring…

First US greenhouse gas auction set for Sept. 25

Vermont and nine other northeastern states this week will take steps to check global warming when they conduct the nation’s first carbon auction, taking the same approach that curbed lake-killing acid rain.