INDUSTRY CONTINUES CFC CREDIT PUSH DESPITE KERRY-BOXER SETBACK

摘要

Companies interested in destroying ozone-depleting greenhouse gases (GHGs) such as chloroflurocarbons (CFCs) are continuing to actively lobby Senate lawmakers to include credits for CFC destruction in climate legislation despite the lack of such provisions in the bill Sens. John Kerry (D-MA) and Barbara Boxer (D-CA) introduced late last month.rnAdvocates for CFC destruction credits say they are encouraged that a discussion draft of a possible amendment to the Kerry-Boxer bill that establishes parameters for an emissions offset program involving the Agriculture Department lists "projects that destroy ozone-depleting substances that have been phased out of production and import in the United States" as eligible for credit. The draft language was authored by Sens. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and Max Baucus (D-MT), sources say.