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An innovative system known as "Cap and Trade" is helping environmental groups, industries, and lawmakers work together on a wide range of challenges, from acid rain to overfishing. This overview shows how cap and trade is delivering positive results -- for the environment and for you.

The best way to understand Cap and Trade is to observe it in action, and recent history provides two excellent examples - case studies that demonstrate capsitting.gif (23852 bytes) and trade's ability to yield positive environmental results in the real world.

Case Study #1:
Reducing Acid Rain in the United States

Case Study #2:
Proctecting Fisheries in Alaska