11. And she warned against tolerating inflation so as to achieve short-term reductions in unemployment, saying that inflation would inflict long-run harm to the economy. 12. As a result, there has never been any groundswell of popular outrage to push decision-makers to make the ambitious changes needed to achieve drastic reductions in pollution. 13. As the next phase of the struggle got under way, developing countries renewed their insistence against submitting to specific, mandatory emissions caps until wealthier nations achieve reductions. 14. As with other proposals evolving in Congress, his plan would allow industries to achieve reductions by trading emissions credits. 15. Babbitt said past agreements on environmental issues offer hope that the reductions can be achieved without economic damage. 16. But beneficiaries would not feel any direct effects because the reductions are achieved by squeezing payments to doctors and hospitals. 17. But in developing countries, small, inexpensive improvements can achieve big reductions. 18. By gradually reducing the number of permits, the government can use cap and trade to achieve long-term reductions in pollution. 19. Coward also said HUD negotiators had assured the union that the reductions could be achieved through buyouts and attrition, rather than layoffs. 20. Coward also said housing department negotiators had assured the union that the reductions could be achieved through buyouts and attrition, rather than layoffs. |