The equivalent of all the wealth generated each year in Virginia’s private-sector economy. Continue reading WashTimes: EPA busts private-sector budgets with rules that cost $353 billion
Category: Costs and benefits
Congress should look at EPA's cost benefits
“The war on coal-fired power should be worth the price, and isn’t.” [Charleston Daily Mail]
Driessen: EPA anti-energy regulations killing jobs
“More and more, daily decisions are made less by responsible citizens than by nanny-state government, especially powerful, unelected, unaccountable executive branch agencies in Washington. Among the worst is the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).” [Washington Times]
Sen. Barrasso Releases Report: 'Red Tape Making Americans Sick'
Studies show that EPA regulations cost Americans their jobs and health. Continue reading Sen. Barrasso Releases Report: 'Red Tape Making Americans Sick'
EPA regulations eliminate more than 1,850 jobs
“EPA’s Gina McCarthy once predicted that the MATS rule would generate 8,000 to 46,000 jobs. Rather than undertake expensive retrofits, more than two dozen plants simply closed.” Continue reading EPA regulations eliminate more than 1,850 jobs
Saving jobs key issue at Homer City plant hearing
People want real jobs not phantom health benefits. Continue reading Saving jobs key issue at Homer City plant hearing
Boudreaux: In praise of petroleum
Why photos of oil-covered wildlife are dangerous. Continue reading Boudreaux: In praise of petroleum
Obama’s Second Term To-Do List Positioned to Out-Regulate Bush
“If Obama’s goal is to beat Bush in regulation, the math looks better for him than the math for Romney in delegates.” Continue reading Obama’s Second Term To-Do List Positioned to Out-Regulate Bush
IBD: Regulation Nation
“Over the first three years of each administration, Obama’s White House created four times as many rules as the Bush administration. This is the regulatory regime that was supposed to bring growth and job creation.” Continue reading IBD: Regulation Nation
Steward: Voodoo environomics
“The phantom gains and real losses stemming from voodoo environomics are starting to be realized.” Continue reading Steward: Voodoo environomics
Economist: Rule-making is being made to look more beneficial under Barack Obama
“Mr Obama’s EPA has considered raising the value of cutting the risk of death by cancer on the ground that it is a more horrifying way to die than others.” Continue reading Economist: Rule-making is being made to look more beneficial under Barack Obama
Obama Rulemaker: $25B Outweighed by Benefits
That would be imaginary benefits. Continue reading Obama Rulemaker: $25B Outweighed by Benefits