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Greenhouse gas bill calls for more study

A bill to establish a cap-and-trade system aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions in Minnesota has hit the brakes in the state Legislature. Instead, an amended version of the bill — which now calls for more study regarding the economic impact of a cap-and-trade system — has passed the House Ways and Means Committee and [...]

Clearing the air

by Charley Shaw
Published: March 31, 2008
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State Rep. Tom Hackbarth, R-Cedar, and his DFL colleague Rep. Jean Wagenius, of Minneapolis, on Friday presented starkly different views on how active state legislators should be in curbing greenhouse gas emissions. Not surprisingly, Wagenius wants the Legislature to enact specific carbon-reducing strategies. Hackbarth, meanwhile, thinks business should be left to its own devices to [...]

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