09/10/13
Industry
groups are pressing the Environmental Protection Agency to ensure they’re
“actively included” as the agency crafts carbon emissions standards for power
plants, a pillar of President Obama’s climate agenda. In a new letter to EPA
Administrator Gina McCarthy, groups representing manufacturers, coal producers,
power companies, refiners, railroads, agribusiness and other sectors press for
rules that are “economically achievable” using existing technology.
“[I]t is
critical that carbon regulations are developed using the best available
technical information to ensure that standards are set at achievable levels
based on commercially and economically viable technologies and that new rules
take proper account of potential impacts to the economy and jobs,” states the
letter from groups including the National Association of Manufacturers, the
Chamber of Commerce and the National Mining Association. ...Read more
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