"EPA Takes First Step To Cut Industrial Plant Emissions"

"WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency Wednesday unveiled what new large industrial plants will have to do to minimize their greenhouse gas emissions starting in January.

The guidelines will let industry choose the most cost-effective technology to reduce emissions on a case-by-case basis. The use of appropriate technology will make them eligible for new permits for greenhouse gas emissions that will be required for new and expanded industrial plants.

The EPA's first steps on climate are much more modest than the big stick of regulation that both opponents and supporters of climate legislation used to talk about. The agency said that much of the greenhouse gas reductions under the permit system would come through energy efficiency."

Renee Schoof reports for McClatchy Newspapers Nobember 10, 2010.

SEE ALSO:

"EPA To Push Efficiency On Big Carbon Emitters" (Reuters)

"EPA Gives States Leeway on CO2" (Wall Street Journal)