Because the program included a cap of $1,050 per contribution, a $600 donation would garner $1,050 while four $150 donations would bring in a total of $3,600.
The new program applies only to companies with 250 or more workers, up from 25 in the old program, and has a cap of $20 million.
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"A.R.B. seeks to create a fait accompli by premature establishment of a cap-and-trade program before alternatives can be exposed to public comment and properly evaluated by A.R.B. itself," Judge Goldsmith ruled.
She said Mr. Obama could not win passage in Congress of a cap-and-trade program for emissions in his first term, so he would now try to accomplish similar goals through E.P.A. regulation.
Instead of a cap-and-trade program or a national carbon tax, the administration is promoting a number of discrete steps, including new emissions standards for cars and trucks, limits on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants and refineries, and energy efficiency measures for buildings and appliances.
The Massachusetts announcement follows California's approval of a cap-and-trade program requiring 360 large enterprises, including refineries and power plants, to gradually reduce emissions to help achieve a statewide reduction of 15 percent from current levels by 2020 — just under Mr. Obama's target.
Referring to the California Air Resources Board, which last year approved the regulations to cut greenhouse gases, he wrote, "ARB seeks to create a fait accompli by premature establishment of a cap-and-trade program before alternative can be exposed to public comment and properly evaluated by the ARB itself".
When Xi visited Washington this fall for a state visit, he announced that China would pursue a cap-and-trade program of its own.
At the heart of the 1,201-page 1,201-page a cap-and-trade programeasuremis emissions of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases that scientists blame for global warming.
