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US Chamber of Commerce challenges EPA mercury rule
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has filed a friend-of-the-court brief as part of a “broader business coalition” to challenge the EPA’s Utility MACT rule in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. The challengers argue that the rule … Continue reading
Pardon us if we don’t believe you
A new Politico.com article may have inadvertently let a post-election cat out of the bag. “Uttered in 2008, still haunting Obama in 2012” looks at the political fallout suffered by the Obama campaign when then-candidate Obama gave an unguarded comment … Continue reading
EPA: Implementing MACT while CSAPR is blocked
For those who may have missed it, the EPA released the final version of its Utility MACT rule on December 21st. The rule was ostensibly designed to address the release of mercury emissions from large coal-fueled utility generation sources. Responses … Continue reading
MACT: 183,000. 1.65 million. $21 billion
We have about two weeks until the EPA’s Utility MACT rule begins costing the country millions of jobs and billions of dollars. 183,000 lost jobs annually 1.65 million lost jobs by 2020 $21 billion lost by utilities to 2020 Please … Continue reading
25 states take part in suit to delay EPA regulations
Reuters is reporting that fully half of the states in the union have entered in to a suit urging the EPA to delay and rethink it’s pending slate of environmental regulations. Adding pressure on the Environmental Protection Agency to relax … Continue reading