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Federal cap-and-trade program is needed on greenhouse gases, state says
By Bob Downing
Beacon Journal staff writer
Published on Wednesday, Dec 03, 2008
Congress should adopt federal legislation to deal with greenhouse gases, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency said Monday.
The federal Clean Air Act is not the best way to deal with global warming, and Congress should establish a cap-and-trade approach, the state agency said.
Its comments came in response to a U.S. EPA invitation for interested parties to weigh in on options for greenhouse gas regulations under the Clean Air Act, which covers other pollutants but not carbon dioxide, a key greenhouse gas.
''While there are a number of important state and regional initiatives under way, only strong federal legislation will position the United States to capably address its own greenhouse gas emissions and to provide global leadership on this issue,'' said Ohio EPA Director Chris Korleski.
''Ohio EPA believes that if national legislation does not come swiftly on such an important issue, the cost to reduce greenhouse gas emissions will continue to increase and state governments will continue a piecemeal regulatory approach, burdening businesses to comply with different sets of legislation across the United States.''
Ohio stated a strong belief that a federal cap-and-trade program is the best way to proceed.
Cap and trade is a flexible environmental system that sets an overall limit on emissions but allows companies that can reduce emissions easily to sell credits to other companies for which reductions would be difficult. The cap ensures that emissions will not exceed a desired amount.
Trying to regulate greenhouse emissions under the Clean Air Act would be complex, less flexible and more costly because the act is ill-suited to address greenhouse gas emissions and their global effects, Korleski said.
The state's comments are available at http://www.epa.state.oh.us/dir/ccworld.html in the tan box under the heading National Climate Change Links and Information.
A number of states and business groups filed comments with the federal EPA.
Bob Downing can be reached at 330-996-3745 or bdowning@thebeaconjournal.com.
Congress should adopt federal legislation to deal with greenhouse gases, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency said Monday.
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