4 at once; Dueling GHG reports offer disparate views.(greenhouse gas)(Brief article)

Waste News, March, 2006 by Geiselman, Bruce

Byline: Bruce Geiselman Two business groups are urging Congress to resist calls for carbon dioxide emission caps. The National Association of Manufacturers issued a white paper March 13 in which it cautioned the Senate Environment Committee against taking any steps toward capping carbon dioxide emissions, stating that such caps would "likely undermine the U.S.

economy.'' The manufacturing trade association argues that mandatory caps on carbon dioxide emissions would increase the prices of gasoline and diesel fuel by 8 percent to 9 percent by 2010. One day later, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce released a statement calling on Congress to consider all alternative approaches before considering any legislative and regulatory action to reduce...

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