INDUSTRIES SEEN PURSUING EMISSION REDUCTION CREDIT FOR SHIP PROJECTS

Oil and energy industry representatives plan to ask state air officials to allow ships that use pollution-prevention technologies at California ports to qualify for emission reduction credits (ERCs) that can be used in existing and potentially future trading programs. Many air officials see ERC trading programs as an efficient environmental regulatory strategy, while industry believes expanding ERCs to mobile and other "nontraditional" pollution sources is critical to spurring economic and industrial growth in California. But environmental justice advocates argue that...