Michigan Governor John Engler gave a keynote address. After hearing from speakers with expertise in the area of pollution trading, the task force participants will form working groups to focus on designing emissions trading programs that can be included in the implementation plans that states are required to submit within the next year under the Clean Air Act. These plans must ensure that cities attain the federal ozone standard at ground level.
Ozone is the chief component of urban smog.
This conference is a response to President Clinton's call, not for more bureaucracy or regulation or unnecessary cost, but instead for American ingenuity. The Environmental Defense Fund, a leading, national, NYbased nonprofit organization with over 200,000 members, links science, economics, and law to create innovative, economically viable solutions to today's environmental problems.