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• The Numbers That Show How Bad the Economy Really Is

  August 1, 2011 at 10:27am

  In reply to Katydidnt.

  The EPA is currently over regulating based on economic forces, this is true. However, most current environmental legislation and standards alone are not causing most problems attributed to them. What has occurred is that energy industries have made changes to meet regulations presented and still they cannot get permits passed through the administration for drilling or mining. A good example was the coal miner who was to open a new mine to employ upwards of 200 people at 50,000 to 150,000 dollars a year. He met all the MSHA and EPA requirements, but his permit is still denied. He testified before congress and in his final statements to the energy subcommittee he told them to forget the issue he wasn’t going to open the mine. The same thing happened with drilling in the gulf. Oil drillers can meet the stringent EPA requirements, but Obama’s administration is not releasing permits.

  EPA regulations, as strict as they are, really aren’t the problem. Once Obama is out of office and we conservatives get control of the Senate which should happen next year, you’ll see a huge increase in new energy production permits with no EPA changes. Of course removing Lisa Jackson from the EPA and putting in place someone with some business experience to balance the rate of regulatory change would benefit industry and the environment.

  Remember, while the left tries to deny it, the EPA under Ronald Reagan put forth some of the most restrictive clean air and water regulations ev