California extends cap-and-trade, as Indigenous nations grapple with the trade-offs

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By Miacel Spotted ElkSep 29, 2025, 4:30 am106 pts
In 2013, California launched its cap-and-trade program, a carbon credit market that allows companies and governments to engage with offset projects that incentivize investments in planting trees, preserving forests, or even supporting solar farms. The idea is to reduce or offset greenhouse gas emissions by…

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