Global focus could mean loss of local jobs |The Carbon Power
Plant at night lights up Price Canyon as motorists travel by it.
Coal powered power plants could be one of the victims of pending
rules on air pollution and CO2 releases. | The Utah Farm Bureau
Federation at its annual convention on Nov. 15 will release a
new study that shows Utahns will bear a disproportionate share
of the economic costs for policy proposals related to the
Western States Climate Initiative (WSCI). The WSCI has set a
regional goal of reducing greenhouse gases by 15 percent from
2005 levels by 2020. A new study commissioned by the Center for
Energy and Economic Development, combines research done by the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Penn State
University and examines the potential costs associated with
market-based greenhouse cap-and-trade policies. Both concluded
that participation in state or regional cap-and-trade schemes
could reduce Utah's annual economic output by billions of
dollars, coupled with the loss of