Category: EPA

MF Global exec chairs EPA financial advisory committee

“[MF Global executive Bradley Abelow] has ties to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson through former New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine. Each served at different times as the governor’s chief of staff.” Continue reading MF Global exec chairs EPA financial advisory committee

Kentucky utility: EPA mercury rules to cost it $100 million

What a deal: a minimum of $100 million in costs for just one utility in exchange for no benefits — even on a nationwide basis. Continue reading Kentucky utility: EPA mercury rules to cost it $100 million

CFACT: EPA Mercury Rules For Electricity Generating Units Based On False Science And Economics

“It is a massive power grab that threatens to give EPA nearly unfettered power over the electrical power we need to support our livelihoods and living standards.” Continue reading CFACT: EPA Mercury Rules For Electricity Generating Units Based On False Science And Economics

WSJ: Lisa Jackson’s Power Play

“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