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Explanation

If small companies can just buy credits from large ones, they don’t invest in environmental projects. If you want to discourage buying/selling, you must prevent the transfer of credits from big companies to small companies. The best way is to restrict credits to be used only by the company that earned them, no resale, no purchase by others.

A. This might reduce the number of extra credits large companies have to sell, but they might still sell some, and small companies might still buy instead of investing.

B. It could reduce overall trade, but if small companies in allowed industries still buy from large companies in same industry, purchase/sale continues. Out.

C. This is irrelevant to purchase/sale motivation; just timing change, still allows trade.

D. Again this could make some credits expire, but doesn’t stop purchase/sale directly; might just speed up sales, not reduce.

E. This directly prohibits selling to unrelated small companies, so small companies can’t buy credits, they must earn their own. Directly addresses the problem described.

Answer: E
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A carbon credit is a permit that allows a company to produce a certain amount of greenhouse gases. The government issues the credits to companies who invest in environmental initiatives. After reaching their limit for greenhouse gas production, larger companies sell their remaining credits to smaller companies for less than the smaller companies would need to invest in environmental initiatives to earn the credits themselves. This practice has resulted in a drop in investment in environmental initiatives.

To discourage the purchase and sale of carbon credits, it would be best if the government restricted

A. how many credits a company can earn per year
B. the industries that can use the credits
C. in which months of the year the additional credits can be used
D. how much time may elapse between the issuing and use of the credits
E. the use of the credits to the companies that earned them and the companies’ subsidiaries

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