See the multi-choice question below:

Sentence 1: If we have a new legislation that significantly reduces emissions of SO2, NOx and mercury, we can eliminate many of the individual programs that apply to the power generation sector and replace them with a system that will reduce the administrative burden on industry and governments, use market-based incentives to keep compliance costs low, and provide the industry with more certainty about its future regulatory obligations.

Sentence 2: They wanted to protect the programs from being cut.

If the first sentence is true, then is the second sentence true?
Available choices:
+ yes
+ it is not possible to tell
+ no
no