Cap and trade is an environmental policy tool that delivers results with a mandatory cap on emissions while providing industry sources with flexibility in how they comply. Successful cap and trade programs reward innovation, efficiency, and early action and provide strict environmental accountability without inhibiting economic growth.
The goal of this legislation is to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gasses emitted into the atmosphere when fossil fuels are burned to create energy. The increase in these gasses over the last century has been shown to contribute to climate change and global warming. The incentive created by Cap and Trade is for industry is to invest in renewable green energies as a replacement for the current dependence on fossil fuels (mostly oil and coal) to produce energy.
Examples of successful Cap and Trade programs include the nationwide Acid Rain Program and the regional NOx Budget Trading Program in the Northeast. Additionally, EPA issued the Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) on March 10, 2005, to build on the success of these programs and achieve significant additional emission reductions.
BookCart Learning Activity
Copy the new BookCart learning activity (one of 800 ProQuest models) and assign it to your students--"Cap and Trade and Global Warming."
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Teachers or librarians can copy "Cap and Trade and Global Warming" and any other BookCart learning activity by using the following procedure:
Click the BOOKCART ADMIN link at the top of the Teacher Edition.
Click the PROQUEST CARTS tab.
Type "Cap and Trade and Global Warming" in the Search box.
Click the COPY icon (middle one) in the ACTIONS column to the right of this title.
Click RETURN TO MY LOCAL CARTS.
Repeat to copy another Cart of interest.
Librarians or teachers can edit this Cart to customize it for their students.
To edit each Cart for your students to use:
Click the new BookCart Title with the prefix "COPY OF".
Delete "Copy of" and then type your name in the AUTHOR boxes and your initials in the EMAIL box.
Option: edit the existing Essential Questions in the DESCRIPTION box.
Option: edit the existing Student Directions for your students to use.
Scroll down and click SAVE.
Return to My Local Carts.
Traditional Search Activity
Students should create a report of at least 150 words or a presentation of at least seven slides. The report should cite at least three resources. Students should address the following essential questions for critical thinking (you can substitute or add others):
What proof is there that global warming is caused by increasing amounts of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?
How do the benefits of Cap and Trade legislation compare to the costs?
How is a carbon tax different and also the same as the Cap and Trade legislation?
Who opposes Cap and Trade and why?
How can this legislation help to promote the development of green energy?
Pathfinder
Type "Cap and Trade legislation" in the Search box.
Use our custom ProQuest models for written or PowerPoint reports written and PowerPoint-style reports.
