U.S. Prices Carbon Dioxide at More Than $13 a Ton in Draft Plan

A proposed law to limit U.S. greenhouse gas emissions would price carbon dioxide permits in a range of $13 to $26 a metric ton by 2015, according to a preliminary government analysis.

Permit prices would nearly double if the U.S. banned greenhouse gas reduction projects in developing countries from selling so-called

The agency included the carbon price estimates in a study of a draft climate change bill which is under debate in Congress. The proposed law would create a