Senate Republicans Drop Air Toxics Waiver In Clear Skies Bill

Senate Republicans have dropped controversial provisions in Clear Skies legislation that would have allowed industrial boilers that follow the bill's emissions cap-and-trade program to be excused from current air toxic control regulations. The revisions were made on the eve of the Senate environment committee's markup of the bill, slated for Feb. 16. The provisions were a point of contention during the committee's hearing earlier this month, where Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) argued that the air toxics exclusion would allow...