Senate GOP To Allow States To Go Beyond Federal Rules In Clear Skies

Senate Republicans will include new language in the Clear Skies bill they are planning to re-introduce in January to allow states to require more stringent emission reductions than the pollution caps to be imposed by the federal government, sources say. The change appears aimed at broadening support for the long-stalled bill, which Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK), chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, has vowed to make a top priority in early 2005. Sources familiar with the strategy say...