Clay Electric Co-Op

The U. S. Senate's leadership on July 23 decided to halt efforts to pass cap-and-trade legislation, because the measure didn't have enough support among senators. The concept of cap-and-trade is to place a limit or cap on the amount of carbon dioxide emissions industries can emit, and create a system in which industries would trade emissions permits. The idea behind cap-and-trade is to push the cost of using carbon-based fuels like natural gas and coal higher so industries would be forced to transition to other forms of energy that don't emit as much carbon dioxide. Industries that rely heavily on.