Sierra Club: CWLP deal a model

First of its kind in the nation, environmental group says

By CHRIS WETTERICH
STAFF WRITER
Published Friday, August 11, 2006

The Sierra Club said Thursday that its new deal with City Water, Light and Power to reduce power plant emissions is "the first enforceable agreement in the nation by any city or utility to significantly reduce its global warming pollution."

Bruce Nilles, a Sierra Club lawyer and director of the group's Midwest clean energy campaign, said that statement is based on the group's monitoring of environmental permits for new pollution sources across the country.

"It will be the first time global warming pollution has been regulated," Nilles said of the contentious multimillion-dollar pact narrowly approved Wednesday night by the Springfield City Council. "There's nobody who's done that."

http://www.sj-r.com/sections/news/stories/93122.asp

Unfortunately, the article leaves out some important facts and tries to downplay the benefits of the agreement. There was a big debate locally and this paper tends to be more Republican. You can read more about it from the Sierra Club here: http://illinoissierraclub.blogspot.com/

Thanks! :toast:

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Someone is finally regulating CO2...I was hoping more people might notice.