The Record (Bergen County, NJ)

EMISSIONS TRADING PROGRAM CRITICIZED AS BOON TO POLLUTERS

ALEX NUSSBAUM, Staff Writer
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
02-15-2001
EMISSIONS TRADING PROGRAM CRITICIZED AS BOON TO POLLUTERS
By ALEX NUSSBAUM, Staff Writer
Date: 02-15-2001, Thursday
Section: NEWS
Edition: All Editions -- Two Star B, Two Star P, One Star B

The state's industries may be taking advantage of a law that allows
them to buy or sell the right to pollute, environmentalists said
Wednesday.

The five-year-old system that allows companies to trade air
pollution credits has loopholes that make it impossible to tell if
factories or power plants are really reducing emissions, critics said at
a Trenton news conference. They asked the …

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