Global green issues come to the fore

Journal Article · Wed Mar 10 04:00:00 EST 1993 · Chemical Week; (United States)

OSTI ID:6477313

Begley, R

Congress is examining ways to make trade and foreign policy work to the benefit of the environment, and a prominent chemical industry spokesman is urging them on. Dow Chemical (Midland, MI) chairman, president, and CEO Frank Popoff told the House Foreign Affairs Committee he supports negotiating international environmental agreements but not unilateral trade restrictions, and using trade measures to implement them may be appropriate in some situations. In the chemical industry, [open quotes]everyone would benefit if there were consistency in basic environment, health, and safety requirements such as labels, safety data sheets, and testing,[close quotes] Popoff says. [open quotes]We need to level the environmental playing field by demanding environmental stewardship of our trading partners and cleaning up our own act,[close quotes] he adds, with the emphasis shifted from command and control regulations to market solutions. Meanwhile, the Clinton Administration is being pressured by environmental groups and some in Congress to toughen the Bush Administration's action plan implementing the Rio conference agreement to curb greenhouse gas emissions. The critics say that rather than outlining an aggressive emissions reduction program, the plan merely restates current activities that fail to stabilize emissions at 1990 levels, as required by the agreement.

• OSTI ID: 6477313
• Journal Information: Chemical Week; (United States), Journal Name: Chemical Week; (United States) Vol. 52:9; ISSN CHWKA9; ISSN 0009-272X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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