When cap-and-trade legislation regulating carbon emissions stalled in Congress, Kentuckians breathed a sigh of relief. But that collective sigh may have been a little premature. If the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has its way, cap and trade may not be fatally poisoned after all.
Americans for Prosperity (AFP) released a paper this week detailing how the EPA is working to enforce greenhouse gas regulation under the Clean Air Act. The EPA cites two current programs as granting the authority to regulate greenhouse gases.
As the EPA works to usurp the law through regulations, what could this mean for the Bluegrass State?
Cap-and-trade regulations would be devastating for Kentucky's economy. As the third-largest producer of coal in the U.S. thousands of Kentuckians would lose their jobs and energy costs would skyrocket in the Bluegrass State.
Jim Waters, vice president of policy and communications for the Bluegrass Institute, detailed the dismal prescription for cap and trade in a 2009 Lexington Herald-Leader column.
The federal government is finding ways – with or without the votes in Congress – to implement its extreme and devastating environmental regulations. In doing so, it also threatens Kentucky’s way of life.
Friday, October 29, 2010
EPA trying to force its hand with cap and trade
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How sad that the EPA is targeting both Kentucky's energy systems with its greenhouse gas activities and the state's good supplies of water through incredibly costly requirements for more filtering at our water plants.
Not only does the anti-coal bias at the EPA threaten our coal producing industry, but with most of our electrical power coming from coal, it strikes at the heart of our abundant and currently inexpensive electrical power system, as well.
Together, these EPA activities directly attack two of our state's major attractions for business and industry -- water and energy, creating the potential for economic disaster in the Bluegrass State.
Cap and trade, the end of Kentucky as we know it. Let's hope the EPA doesn't get its way.
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