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Environmental groups in California have challenged the idea of pollution trading strategies, which they say are an infringement of civil rights. Law suits have been filed in the federal district court and a complaint registered with the state air pollution prevention agencies that the emission trading initiatives selectively subject certain minority communities to disproportionately high levels of dangerous chemicals.

Under the system of pollution trading pioneered in southern California, companies that fail to reduce emissions can buy

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