Rules for Environmental Radicals | FrontPage Magazine

Rules for Environmental Radicals | FrontPage Magazine: "A classic struggle is in store for the new Congress over a dead issue that, however, could put at risk hundreds of thousands of jobs, raise energy prices for consumers, and wound many of our nation’s manufacturers.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Jan. 2 will put into effect its greenhouse gas emission standards for “light-duty vehicles.” On that date also “Clean Air Act permits for stationary sources must address GHGs (Greenhouse Gases). That means, the agency said Dec. 23, greenhouse gas standards under the Clean Air Act “for fossil fuel-fired power plants and petroleum refineries, that make up nearly 40 percent of the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions.”

It could also mean regulation of emissions from schools, hospitals and maybe even homes."

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