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State Appeals Court Upholds Cap and Trade

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A state appeals court ruled to uphold California's cap and trade program. The program is crucial to the governor's effort to fight climate change. It caps carbon emissions and makes companies buy permits to release greenhouse gases. The California Chamber of Commerce brought the case in 2012, arguing it is essentially a tax that never received the required two-thirds approval. The Chamber said in a statement its evaluating its legal options.

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