REVISED SOUTH COAST RECLAIM PLAN STILL DRAWS FIRE FROM ALL SIDES

Further revisions to a proposal to amend the South Coast air district's RECLAIM credit trading program are still failing to satisfy any sides of the debate, with environmentalists asking for more pollution reduction and various industry coalitions seeking more trading privileges and a lower pollution-reduction mandate. The amendments to the RECLAIM program are considered important to ensure the district garners adequate pollution reduction from participating large stationary source facilities while still providing incentives for operations to install necessary controls and...