How Goldman Sachs invented cap and trade

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4. Trump and every other GOP candidate opposes cap-and-trade ('cap-and-tax') in their view.

https://ballotpedia.org/2016_presidential_candidates_on_natural_resources

No one on the campaign trail is addressing the coal mining issue but Trump. Most are too busy attacking him with bad names and making fun of his ideas. Trump is the only one who will undo the Cap and Trade Act that was never designed to help Americans, only designed to skyrocket energy costs and force coal miners out of business. Well folks, TRUMP IS A FRIEND OF COAL! He wants to restore the mining industry and make it great again. I think that is a pretty good idea!

https://themarshallreport.wordpress.com/2016/02/11/trump-wrote-crippling-america-for-a-reason-cap-and-trade-was-one-of-them/

The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative seems to be a function non-profit version of cap-and trade.

Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI, or ReGGIe) is a regional initiative by states and provinces in the Northeastern United States and Eastern Canada regions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The RGGI is designing a cap and trade program for greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. RGGI is a cooperative effort among nine Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic States to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from the electric power sector through coordinated state cap and trade programs. Nine states currently participate in the initiative: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Several states and Canadian provinces act as observers: Pennsylvania, Québec, New Brunswick, and Ontario. New Jersey formerly participated, but Gov. Chris Christie removed the state from RGGI in 2011.

California also has a cap-and-trade program (linked with the Canadian province of Quebec).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Warming_Solutions_Act_of_2006#Cap-and-Trade