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While pending regulation of greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act (despite Congressional rejection of cap-and-trade) has received the lion’s share of the attention, the Environmental Protection Agency has also begun developing and finalizing a slew of overreaching and inefficient air and water rules over the next several years that will dramatically increase energy costs, cause enormous negative impacts to jobs and the economy, irreparably damage the competitiveness of American business, and trample on state sovereignty in the process.
EPA’s Regulatory Train Wreck: Strategies for State Legislators outlines the costs of these major EPA rules, tells the true story of America’s modern clean air and water successes, and outlines best practices for state legislators (including following the many states that are considering resolutions in 2011 to call for Congress to slow and stop this regulatory onslaught).
The report also explores more than 15 pieces of ALEC model legislation related to regulatory review and state environmental sovereignty, contains a glossary of Clean Air Act terminology, and includes responses from state environmental officials to the heavy-handed approach of EPA.
For more information about EPA’s Regulatory Train Wreck, contact Todd Wynn, Director of ALEC’s Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force, at 202.742.8542 or twynn@alec.org.
Individual Chapters:
Chapter 1 – The Glorious Mess of EPA Regulation
Chapter 2 – Leaving the Station: Elements of a Train Wreck
Chapter 3 – Off the Rails: Nine Reasons to Oppose EPA’s Overreach
Chapter 4 – Looking Up: America’s Untold Clean Air & Water Success Story
Chapter 5 – All Aboard: State Legislative Responses
Appendix A – Resolution Opposing EPA’s Regulatory Train Wreck
Appendix B – What States Are Really Saying About EPA GHG Regulation
Appendix C – Glossary
EPA Regulation Policy Guides and Updates:
Cross-State Air Pollution Rule
Regulation of Greenhouse Gases