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Greening US likely to create huge carbon market |
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Washington, D.C., USA - The new US president will most likely see in the emergence of a colossal carbon trading market, worth $1 trillion a year by 2020, according to a report released on Thursday.
Another report, also out this week, estimates the US could be trading $600 billion in pollution credits annually by 2015.
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"It will be the largest environmental market of its kind." |
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