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Commonsense Environmental Rules Protect Kansas Families
Utilities serving more than 2 million Kansans have sued to block the EPA’s Cross-State rule. The power companies have threatened brownouts, rolling blackouts and targeted service interruptions to big industries. Kansans should know that in the EPA’s 40-year history, there have been no instances in which the Clean Air Act has contributed to electric grid reliability problems, and should any arise, the Clean Air Act gives us the tools to address them on a case-by-case basis. Continue reading
Is the EPA Really a ‘Jobs Killer’?
Industry-paid studies often include questionable assumptions and economic models not validated by broad peer review. Jobs could also be created, not just destroyed, by regulation. The EPA’s rules are required to undergo a transparent cost-benefit analysis that is peer reviewed by others. The idea that environmental regulations would wipe out an industry or have a serious impact is implausible. Early estimates of cleanup costs are invariably wildly overstated. Continue reading
GPACE Executive Moving to Sierra Club Position
Allegrucci begins his work with the Beyond Coal Campaign November 28th. His work as a Senior Campaign Representative will cover the states of Kansas, Nebraska, and Missouri. Continue reading
We Can Clean the Air, Create Jobs and Power the Economy at the Same Time
As one of the largest electricity generators in the U.S., we believe that EPA’s air pollutant regulations should be viewed as an opportunity to modernize the nation’s electric power infrastructure. Frankly, action is long overdue. Any significant delay for these rules will only perpetuate uncertainty where clarity is needed. Continue reading
Pollution is Not the Secret to Job Creation
Peer-reviewed articles published over the last few decades have probed the relationship between environmental regulations, employment, and economic growth. Serious economic analysis says that we need more protection, not less. Exploiting the public’s deep need for job creation to promote an anti-regulatory agenda is dishonest and dangerous. Continue reading
Even Republicans Favor the EPA Rules that Republicans Are Trying to Block
The debate over upcoming EPA regulations is a perfect microcosm of contemporary U.S. politics, in all its unreality and venality. A recent national poll found – like so many polls before it – that the public overwhelmingly supports clean air protections across demographic and party lines. On a national level, this as popular as public policy gets. Continue reading
No to the Keystone XL Pipeline
Economists have demonstrated that the pipeline, by offering new markets for the tar sands oil, is likely to substantially raise the price of gasoline in the Midwest, an effect that may be large enough to kill more jobs than the pipeline creates. Continue reading
Telling the Truth About the Environment and Our Economy
Misleading claims are translating into actions that could dismantle clean air standards that protect our families from mercury, arsenic, smog and carbon dioxide. All of this is happening despite the evidence of history, despite the evidence of Congress’ own objective Research Service, and despite the need for job creation strategies that go well beyond simply undermining protections for our health, our families and our communities. Continue reading
Missing Nixon
By Ron Cunningham, editorial to the Gainesville Sun I miss Richard Nixon. He said he wasn’t a crook, and I believed him. Paranoid, vindictive and drunk with power maybe, but not a crook. Mostly I miss Nixon because when he … Continue reading
Coal, Jobs and America’s Energy Future
By Tom Zeller Jr. for The New York Times Building new coal plants can provide much-needed jobs. But how many, and for how long? (photo from Associated Press) No one should be surprised to learn that in trying to woo … Continue reading
