Hillary Clinton backs cap-and-trade

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Mandatory US emission caps looking more and more likely as Hillary Clinton becomes latest candidate to back cap-and-trade scheme

The chances of a carbon cap-and-trade scheme being introduced in the US took a major step forward this week as yet another presidential front-runner - Hillary Clinton - backed the emission reduction model....

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