“The rest of the purported benefits—to be precise, 99.99%—come by double-counting pollution reductions like soot that the EPA regulates through separate programs and therefore most will happen anyway. Using such “co-benefits” is an abuse of the cost-benefit process and shows that Cass Sunstein’s team at the White House regulatory office—many of whom opposed the rule—got steamrolled.” Continue reading WSJ: Lisa Jackson’s Power Play
Category: Air Quality
EPA sets ‘poison standards’ for power plants?
The New York Times trashes 450 years of toxicology in a single headline. Continue reading EPA sets ‘poison standards’ for power plants?
House Committee Leaders Criticize EPA Utility MACT Announcement
They cite continued lack of transparency and “press release science.” Continue reading House Committee Leaders Criticize EPA Utility MACT Announcement
Gross: EPA power plant rule to be unveiled today at children’s hospital
Why not a special-ed class or a child’s funeral? Continue reading Gross: EPA power plant rule to be unveiled today at children’s hospital
Utility MACT: $600 million in costs for 0.2% emissions reduction
No, that’s not a sign of an out-of-control EPA. Continue reading Utility MACT: $600 million in costs for 0.2% emissions reduction
‘Green routing’: Driving longer to reduce emissions?
Would you lengthen a car trip by 11 percent to reduce carbon monoxide emissions by 27 percent? Continue reading ‘Green routing’: Driving longer to reduce emissions?
Lung Association going for more corporate cash
American Lung Association is available for hire as a PR firm. Continue reading Lung Association going for more corporate cash
Boxer demagogues House GOP on boiler MACT rider
So then the House GOP must be doing the right thing. Continue reading Boxer demagogues House GOP on boiler MACT rider
Utilities ask Court to save them from markets over EPA air rule
The utility industry doesn’t want investors to beat them to the market when it decides the EPA Cross-State Air Pollution Rule so it’s asked the D.C. Circuit to carefully time the release of its decision. Continue reading Utilities ask Court to save them from markets over EPA air rule
Mercury challenge to Sierra Club’s Michael Brune
Show us the neural damage. Continue reading Mercury challenge to Sierra Club’s Michael Brune
Court: Process more important than EPA health claims
So EPA can’t cheat in the name of public health. Continue reading Court: Process more important than EPA health claims
House passes EPA farm dust bill
Another futile gesture passes. Continue reading House passes EPA farm dust bill