Cap and trade is a proposed market-driven environmental policy that sets limits on the amount of pollution that industry can produce, and it is used by Texans to

a. challenge the national government.
b. develop alternative sources of energy.
c. produce hazardous air pollutants.
d. attract industry to invest in technology that will produce less pollution.


Ans: d. attract industry to invest in technology that will produce less pollution.

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