Northeast governors urge Congress to approve mercury storage plan

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Information about the current legislation passed by the New England states regarding mercury storage is given. As chlor-alkali facilities close down, states want temporary storage facilities to accept the large quantities of mercury before it enters the marketplace and environment.

Primary nonferrous metals, not elsewhere classified, Primary Smelting and Refining of Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum), Mercury, New England States, Laws, regulations and rules, Political activity, Political aspects, United States. Congress, Mercury (Metal), Mercury industry

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Panel Calls For North American Cooperation On Greenhouse Trading

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Environmental officials from the U.S., Canada and Mexico are being urged by a public advisory commmittee to the Commission for Environmental Cooperation to develop a hemispheric system for greenhouse gas emissions trading under NAFTA.

Mexico, Conferences, meetings and seminars, Emissions credit trading, Emissions trading, North American Free Trade Agreeement, Commission for Environmental Cooperation

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Activists Blast Northeast Governors' Mercury Reduction Efforts

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Environmentalist groups have criticized a joint resolution passed at a meeting of New England governors and Canadian premiers which calls for a 75 percent mercury reduction in emissions.

Public Administration, State & Local Government, Environmental policy

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