<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for EPA program offers carrots to polluters and takes away sticks, enviros say]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by Storm Dragon http://www.grist.org/article/epa21/ Wed, 08 Feb 2006 02:27:01 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/epa21/1 We need carrots and sticks, both

It makes sense to give rewards and incentives to companies that genuinely cut down on pollution, but that does not mean we should lower the standards for them.  After all, even if your car passes its smog check with flying colors, you still have to have it tested again in two years.  Why should factories and chemical plants be any different?

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It makes sense to give rewards and incentives to companies that genuinely cut down on pollution, but that does not mean we should lower the standards for them.  After all, even if your car passes its smog check with flying colors, you still have to have it tested again in two years.  Why should factories and chemical plants be any different?

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