{"id":281840,"date":"2026-04-23T10:42:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T10:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/281840\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T10:42:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T10:42:11","slug":"gas-prices-weigh-on-californias-plans-for-cap-and-trade-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/281840\/","title":{"rendered":"Gas Prices Weigh on California\u2019s Plans for Cap-and-Trade Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Concerns about rising fuel prices are driving California regulators to scale back proposed rules for the state\u2019s cap-and-trade greenhouse gas reduction program.<\/p>\n<p>The plan is the latest by Democratic-led states to temper the ambitions of climate change programs at a time when increasing prices at the gas pump and higher electricity bills are fueling voters\u2019 anxiety ahead of midterm elections later this year.<\/p>\n<p>California\u2019s program, renamed cap-and-invest last year, requires large polluters to buy credits for emissions and sets a statewide cap, which is set to decline over time, motivating companies to reduce emissions.<\/p>\n<p>Proposed <a href=\"https:\/\/ww2.arb.ca.gov\/rulemaking\/2026\/cap-and-invest2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">rules<\/a> released April 14 by &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Concerns about rising fuel prices are driving California regulators to scale back proposed rules for the state\u2019s cap-and-trade&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":281841,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8,121177,121176,32646,1963,121175,12878],"class_list":["post-281840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-carbon-emissions-trading","tag-limitations-on-tax-credits","tag-mass-transit","tag-oil-and-gas","tag-rail-transportation","tag-variable-interest-entities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281840"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281840\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}