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They call it the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, a model rule issued Aug. 15 by officials of seven Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states which if adopted by lawmakers will require electric powerplants to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 10% by 2020.
A cooperative effort among Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, and Vermont, the model rule would require power generators to participate in a regional cap-and-trade program to cut emissions of carbon dioxide from some 600 powerplants.