EPA
Carbon dioxide and other green house gas emissions will soon be regulated, for the first time, by federal government. Friday, the Environmental Protection Agency officially declared CO2 a pollutant that endangers public health and welfare; the first step to legislation that will limit amounts.
What will this mean for us? Critics say it will increase energy cost and create job loss. Advocates say it will bring long-term economic and social stability. The European Union already has a system of vouchers that can be traded among corporations.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/18/science/earth/18endanger.html?_r=1&hpw
It is possible for co2 to be isolated, removed and then stored from coal burning power plants.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/apr/08/first-carbon-capture-power-plant-lacq