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Article: New Zealand: McCain emissions trading pledge important for New Zealand's heavy emitters.
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- May 14, 2008
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Byline: Mamta03
A pledge overnight by US Republican presidential candidate John McCain to present a cap and trade emissions trading law to Congress to "change the dynamic of the American economy" will be reassuring to heavy emitters in New Zealand.
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