Thread: EPA kills 280 jobs in the Rust Belt

Spruce Decision Increases Regulatory Uncertainty, Chills Investment

EPA kills 280 jobs in the Rust Belt

By EPW Blog
Thursday, January 13, 2011

Link to Press Release http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm? ... &Issue_id=

Link to Senate Report: Mingo Logan Spruce No.1 Mine http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm? ... a95e441494

Washington, D.C.- Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, issued the following statement today in response to EPA’s veto of the Spruce Mine project, a decision that destroys 280 good-paying jobs in West Virginia and undermines regulatory certainty and the rule of law.

“I have great respect for Administrator Jackson, but I strongly disagree with EPA’s decision on the Spruce Mine,â€

EPA from taking control of Texas’ air pollution permitting program

DC Circuit teases, then screws Texas

By Steve Milloy
Thursday, January 13, 2011

We should have known it was too good to be true when on Dec. 30 the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit temporarily blocked the EPA from taking control of Texas’ air pollution permitting program. http://greenhellblog.com/2010/12/31/cou ... -takeover/

Yesterday, the Court changed its mind http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/7378858.html and lifted the stay ruling that, http://greenhellblog.files.wordpress.co ... 011211.pdf

“petitioners (Texas) have not satisfied the stringent standards required for a stay pending court review.â€