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CANDIDATE OBAMA
ELECTION 2008

  • Proposed cap-and-trade plan to reduce carbon emissions 80% below 1990 levels by 2050
  • Said that 100% of emissions permits under this plan would be auctioned off, and none would be given away to industries
  • Plan also limited the use of offsets (which allow U.S. companies to meet emissions reduction requirements by paying for emissions cuts in other countries)
  • Said that the U.S. must take the first step in emissions reduction, but all countries must join in
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