Substantial cuts in state emissions of greenhouse gases over the next 12 years would be mandated under a bill given tentative approval in the Senate on Thursday.
But approval came after amendments were added to allow the governor to delay the deadlines if they were causing economic harm and to force the Department of the Environment to submit reduction measures to lawmakers for enactment.
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