EPA Official Urges Utilities To Limit Push For Emissions Trading Flexibility

TUCSON, AZ -- A top EPA air official is urging the electric utility industry to use discretion in pushing for greater flexibility under Clear Skies legislation and the agency's clean air interstate rule, telling the industry that support for successful cap-and-trade approaches in both plans depends on them being environmentally credible and economically sustainable. "The success of cap-and-trade rests on its credibility -- its credibility environmentally and its credibility financially," said Brian McLean, director of EPA's office of atmospheric programs...