White House Rejects 'Output-Based' Emission Credits In Clear Skies

The White House environment chief says the Bush administration is opposing calls to change the formula for allocating emission credits under the president's Clear Skies bill, even as a controversy over the allocation system is creating a split within the electric power industry and threatening to slow legislative momentum. In a Feb. 28 interview with Inside EPA, White House Council on Environmental Quality Chair James Connaughton said the currently proposed allocation method, known as an "input-based" approach, makes the most...