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John Spratt: simply giving away pollute-for-free allowances to certain industries does not work.

On the recordMay 20, 2009
simply giving away pollute-for-free allowances to certain industries does not work.
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John Spratt
South Carolina

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Critiquing the effectiveness of free pollution allowances in controlling emissions.

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