vehicle standards, the bill discussion draft has included provisions to harmon nies federal fuel standards with e.p.a. carbon emission standards and california standards for light-duty vehicles. these provisions were dropped in the reported bill after the administration reached an agreement on light-duty fuel economy standards with auto makers in california. that's not all. there are other fuel efficiency standards. we not only have to reduce emissions, we also have to conserve and this bill does it. does it do enough? probably not. but guess what? we need your input and advice. . the bill also has three primary programs for reducing carbon emissions that create global warming. a cap on large domestic sources, two, a program to reduce tropical deforestation, and, three, an offset program. let me talk a little bit about the carbon capping emissions from large sources. starting in 2012, aces establishes annual tonnage limits on carbon and other global warming pollutants from large sources like electric utilities and oil refibers. under these limits, carbon pollution for large sources must be