Cap-and-trade will do littleto cut emissions, ATA says

Published Thursday, October 29, 2009

Proposed cap-and-trade legislation will impose significant costs on the trucking industry and all consumers while doing little to reduce carbon emissions from trucking, American Trucking Associations (ATA) First Vice-Chairman Barbara Windsor said at a press conference on Capitol Hill. “ATA strongly supports efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and make this country more energy-independent,” said Windsor. “However, the proposed cap-and-trade system simply will increase the cost of diesel fuel while failing to reduce carbon emissions from the trucking industry.” Windsor, who is president of Hahn Transportation in New Market MD, said the legislation cannot reduce carbon emissions in ...

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