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pampango

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6. Trump, Cruz and Kasich all oppose it. Mike Huckabee is the only repub I could find who supports it.

Tue May 3, 2016, 09:43 AM

May 2016

Cap-and-trade, in which polluters trade a finite amount of credits for the pollution they generate, was once popular among Republicans as a market-based solution to climate change.

But it’s now extremely unpopular in the GOP. Republicans argue it would increase energy costs and unnecessarily punish certain energy sources such as fossil fuels.

http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/265814-rubio-fights-cap-and-trade-charges

Cruz proposed ending cap and trade during his 2012 Senate campaign.

In 2010, Kasich said that he opposed "cap and trade" limits on emissions.

In 2011, Chris Christie removed New Jersey from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGII), a cap-and-trade program designed to limit carbon emissions in the state.

According to her 2010 "Economic Growth Plan," Fiorina proposed eliminating cap and trade ...

https://ballotpedia.org/2016_presidential_candidates_on_natural_resources

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How Goldman Sachs invented cap and trade [View all] egalitegirl May 2016 OP

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The concept goes back decades. Al Gore was a big fan of a similar approach -- carbon credits. Buzz Clik May 2016 #2

Carbon credits was Poppy Bush's idea egalitegirl May 2016 #3

Trump and every other GOP candidate opposes cap-and-trade ('cap-and-tax') in their view. pampango May 2016 #4

Trump opposes but not others egalitegirl May 2016 #5

Trump, Cruz and Kasich all oppose it. Mike Huckabee is the only repub I could find who supports it. pampango May 2016 #6

You're telling me that Rethugs oppose Goldman profiteering but Dems support it?? egalitegirl May 2016 #7

If republicans all support cap-and-trade, why isn't it law? They control both houses of congress pampango May 2016 #8

Because their plan is to control the scheme at a the world level egalitegirl May 2016 #9

OK. The republicans and Democrats pretend to oppose it in order to fool China, India and Russia but pampango May 2016 #10