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Huntsman is joining Arnold in green pact
The agreement calls for an overall regional goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from all six states collectively and calls for a cap and trade program whereby emission credits could be sold. In addition, a tracking registry for emissions would be implemented.
Global warming has moved to the forefront of public debate recently, drawing red and blue states together in an effort to combat climate change which has been blamed for prolonged droughts, reduced snowpacks and more severe forest fires.
Huntsman's signing of the initiative is a bold move that sends a national message to conservatives that global warming demands attention, according to Dan Schnur, a political science instructor at the University of California Berkeley.
Aaron McLear, press secretary to Schwarzenegger, said global warming is something that transcends partisan politics. "This is more about being pro-environment, pro-economy, pro-national security and creating jobs," McLear said. "I think this is a good thing for the people of Utah and California."
Utah, which relies almost entirely on fossil fuels to generate its electricity, will become part of a pact that was signed in February by Schwarzenegger and the governors of Arizona, New Mexico, Oregon and Washington. British Columbia also has agreed to the pact.
Huntsman said he is less interested in what political slant one might put on the problem, instead expressing concern about taking steps toward a solution.
"I think most Americans and most Utahns are coming around to a view that we must take action," Huntsman said. "All I know is that our air is less clean than it was in the past. We have more red days than ever before. We have water quality problems. These are issues that we all need to get behind."
Dan Skopec, undersecretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency, called Utah's signing of the initiative significant.
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