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Candidates' Carbon Cap & Trade Stand Could Call For New Pollution Products

While the environment and climate change have been a major issue for Sens. Barack Obama, D-Ill., and John McCain, R-Ariz., along the presidential campaign trail, the biggest impact of their proposed

By Matt Brady | Updated on July 27, 2008

While the environment and climate change have been a major issue for Sens. Barack Obama, D-Ill., and John McCain, R-Ariz., along the presidential campaign trail, the biggest impact of their proposed solutions on the environmental pollution market may be in creating customers for new, related products.

Both of the major party candidates have promised to address the issue of climate change through a “cap and trade” system that would limit the amount of carbon pollutants a company or facility is allowed to emit, with those that stay under their limit allowed to sell their remaining allotment of pollution “credits” on the open market.

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