Getting Business To Reduce Smog Emissions

Controversy surrounds rescue efforts to save Southern California's market based plan to cut emissions, know as Regional Clean Air Incentives Market, which has fallen short of expectations.

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April 19, 2001, 1:00 PM PDT

By California 2000

"It was supposed to be a revolutionary way to clean up the environment, a business-friendly strategy to slash industrial emissions without the heavy hand of government. But the Southland's market basket experiment has been a serious disappointment. The Regional Clean Air Incentives Market, or RECLAIM, has fallen well short of expectations. Eight years into the program, smog cuts have been minimal, companies are failing to meet pollution reduction targets, and proposals to rescue the operation are mired in controversy." Some companies are asking for more time to make reductions, while opponents say the plan simply doesn't work as well as the regulations it replaced.

Thanks to California 2000 Project

FULL STORY: Innovative Smog Plan Makes Little Progress

Tuesday, April 17, 2001 in The Los Angeles Times

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