State Legislators Reject Bush Mercury Cap and Trade Plan
Environment News Service, May, 2004
WASHINGTON, DC (ENS) — The National Conference of State Legislatures' (NCSL) Environment and Natural Resources Committee voted on Friday to reject the Bush administration's cap-and-trade proposal to regulate mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants.
The committee voted 6-3 to reject a resolution sponsored by North Dakota State Senator Randel Christmann that would have directed NCSL to support the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's proposed cap-and-trade program for mercury.
"With 66 percent of the states present and voting rejecting a cap-and-trade approach to mercury, it sends a strong message to EPA and the industry that the states oppose trading emissions of hazardous pollutants, " said Maryland Delegate James Hubbard, who also chairs National Caucus of...
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