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Eleanor Holmes Norton: “We strongly believe that the best approach toward achieving lower carbon emissions, is to avoid prescriptive…”

On the recordDecember 4, 2019
We strongly believe that the best approach toward achieving lower carbon emissions, is to avoid prescriptive regulations, and focus on performance standards that would provide maximum flexibility to innovate.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Emphasizes flexible performance standards over strict regulations for reducing carbon emissions.

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