GAO Report Criticizes EPA Analysis of Mercury Trading Benefits

摘要

A Government Accountability Office (GAO;Washington) report on the Bush administration's proposed emissions trading program for mercury concludes that EPA did not conduct an adequate analysis of the trading program's estimated costs and benefits.The GAO's report prompted Massachusetts attorney general Tom Reilly to file a lawsuit against EPA,seeking disclosure of EPA mercury documents that Reilly says the agency is withholding from the public.