National climate swindle could interfere with regional climate swindle

WASHINGTON - A landmark alliance that Massachusetts helped form is slated for elimination under a climate change bill being written in Congress, possibly depriving the Bay State of as much as $100 million it now collects from power companies each year to spend on energy efficiency programs.
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"It would be a tremendous shame if this important source of revenue for state efficiency effort were to dry up," said Seth Kaplan, senior attorney at the Conservation Law Foundation in Boston.