Involuntarism
Pollution Control
Mandatory emissions caps rein in power-plant pollution more effectively than voluntary programmes. That's the conclusion of a collation on environmental records of the 100 largest electricity companies in the us. The reports were put together by a group of us environmental groups including the Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies, the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Public Service Enterprise Group.The conclusions might seem quite obvious to some, but they are particularly significant since the Bush administration has made "voluntary compliance' the central plank of its environmental platform.
The study analysed utility-industry emissions of four pollutants