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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

EXPLAINER: Can climate change be solved by pricing carbon?

Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

As climate change bakes the planet, dozens of nations and many local governments are putting a price tag on greenhouse gas emissions that are increasing flooding, droughts and other costly catastrophes.

Pennsylvania on Saturday becomes the first major fossil fuel-producing state in the U.S. to adopt a carbon pricing policy to address climate change. It joins 11 states where coal, oil and natural gas power plants must buy credits for every ton of carbon dioxide they emit.

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