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Chilton hails Obama carbon policy, but will it cause the CFTC anguish?


Bart Chilton, chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s Energy and Environmental Markets Advisory Committee, has said President Barack Obama’s policy to cap carbon emissions is “right on target”.

Obama had spoken of his ambition to create a well-regulated market for emissions trading, based on a cap.

“By setting a cap, carbon pollution would become like a commodity. It would have a value as a limited...

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