McCabe: EPA not using Clean Power Plan to create cap-and-trade program

摘要

A U.S. EPA official on Oct. 7 defended new greenhouse gasrnemissions rules but did not appear to convince Republican membersrnof the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy andrnPower that the agency is not using those rules as a way to force thernnation into implementing a cap-and-trade program.rnThe final rules are fair, flexible, legal and will not cause reliabilityrnissues, said Janet McCabe, EPA acting assistant administrator of thernOffice of Air and Radiation.