Now that California has released its blueprint for the nation's most far-reaching plan to reduce green house gas emissions, the real work begins.
UC Berkeley Professor of Energy and Environment Dan Kammen sits on the governor's Economic and Allocation Advisory Committee that is tasked with coming up with rules to implement the blueprint.
He says the program would cap most of California's greenhouse gases from hundreds of power plants, refineries, and other big factories, allowing companies to buy and sell emission allowances among themselves.
Kammen says the California plan would eventually cover about 85 percent of all emissions in the state. He says the idea is to balance costs with incentives so that industry comes up with creative ways for reducing all types of emissions.
Industry groups say the plan will increase the cost of production and could drive companies and jobs out of state.
Kammen says his committee will produce a draft report next month and then there will be public hearings.
(ewi)
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