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  Western States Agree to Cut Greenhouse Gases
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Last EditedArmyDem  Feb 28, 2007 12:08am
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News DateTuesday, February 27, 2007 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0
DescriptionBy Juliet Eilperin
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, February 27, 2007; Page A08

Five Western governors agreed yesterday on a plan to cut their states' emissions of gases linked to global warming and to establish a regional carbon-trading system, though they stopped short of saying how drastically they will seek to reduce greenhouse gases.

The governors -- including Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger of California and Democrats from Arizona, Oregon, New Mexico and Washington -- said that within six months they will set a regional target for lower emissions. A year after that, they pledged, they will devise a regional cap-and-trade system allowing polluters to buy and sell greenhouse gas pollution credits.

"In the absence of meaningful federal action, it is up to the states to take action to address climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the country," said Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano. "Western states are being particularly hard hit by the effects of climate change."

The move won immediate plaudits from environmentalists. Jeremiah Baumann, an environmental advocate at the Oregon State Public Interest Research Group, said, "This regional global-warming solution will benefit the environment on a global scale."
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