September 2, 2011
9 TO GO:
White House Rolls Over on Smog Standards (Adam Martin, 9/02/11, Atlantic Wire)
The Obama administration announced Friday it would not go through with plans to tighten EPA air quality standards set in 2008 by President George W. Bush, after heavy pressure from industry groups and Republicans. The White House issued a statement that cited the "importance of reducing regulatory burdens" on industry in its decision to shelve the new regulations, and sent a letter to EPA administrator Lisa Jackson, asking her to withdraw the new standards. But as The Hill pointed out, "The White House faced pressure from Republicans to abandon the smog standards. The rule was among 10 regulations that House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) had singled out for elimination in a recent memo laying out the GOP's fall jobs campaign." Environmentalists, naturally, are incensed.
But surely not surprised.
Posted by oj at September 2, 2011 2:54 PM
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