From the Christian Science Monitor
The sheer number of states planning stronger mercury emission controls may ultimately thwart Federal plans to initiate a Mercury Cap and Trade program.
"What we're seeing is a critical mass of states restricting trading in such a way that it really imposes a significant impact on EPA's national trading program," says S. William Becker, executive director of the National Association of Clean Air Agencies, a Washington trade group representing state and local air-quality agencies. "States are sending a strong message that mercury emissions trading is not, and should not be, a centerpiece of any federal mercury- control program."
But EPA says no.
EPA officials say they're not worried.
"Based on everything we know, we are confident there will be a robust and workable cap-and-trade system, given the number of states we believe are going to participate," says William Wehrum, acting assistant administrator of the EPA's Office of Air and Radiation.
The full article can be read here.
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