Offshore wind and capping emissions from vehicles

Two big news items this week in the region’s attempts to moderate our complete and utter destruction of the planet:

• Leases to build offshore wind farms south of Cape Cod drew bids totaling $405 million, which is oil-drilling-platform levels of money. Story here.
• Nine Northeast states and the District of Columbia – but not New Hampshire or Maine or, importantly, New york – will plan a new program to price and reduce carbon emissions from the transportation sector. One of many stories here.