![]() ![]() Carbon dioxide emissions in New Jersey have no greater impact on the climate of New Jersey than they do anywhere else in the world, including China, for example. There is no local impact on climate from local emissions of greenhouse gases. Greenhouse gases do not stay localized but rather disperse immediately throughout the atmosphere, becoming part of the global pool. Accordingly, the reductions in sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide generated by the cap and trade features of the Acid Rain Program have resulted in a marked improvement in health and the environment throughout the eastern United States of America, including New Jersey.īy contrast, greenhouse gases, most notably carbon dioxide, are much different from sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide in terms of distances traveled and impacts. Thus, their health and environmental impacts are definitely localized within certain U.S. While these two pollutants certainly migrate from their sources, mostly coal fired power plants, they only travel certain defined distances, however lengthy, within the continental United States. Second, as an environmental policy maker, I always strongly advocated effective cap-and trade programs, such as the EPA Acid Rain Program to control emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide. ![]()
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