New EPA Regulations Will Close 20% of Electricity Coal Production, RAISING RATES & KILLING JOBS

Over the next 18 months, the Environmental Protection Agency will finalize a flurry of new rules to curb pollution from coal-fired power plants. Mercury, smog, ozone, greenhouse gases, water intake, coal ash—it’s all getting regulated. And, not surprisingly, some lawmakers are grumbling.

Industry groups such the Edison Electric Institute, which represents investor-owned utilities, and the American Legislative Exchange Council have dubbed the coming rules “EPA’s Regulatory Train Wreck.” The regulations, they say, will cost utilities up to $129 billion and force them to retire one-fifth of coal capacity. Given that coal provides 45 percent of the country’s power, that means higher electric bills, more blackouts and fewer jobs. The doomsday scenario has alarmed Republicans in the House, who have been scrambling to block the measures.

Article here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/getting-ready-for-a-wave-of-coal-plant-shutdowns/2011/08/19/gIQAzkZ0PJ_blog.html

Federal Governments Regulatory Overreach Smothering Economy

Last year, President Obama promised Americans a recovery summer. This year, he's given us a regulatory summer. He's thrown a giant wet blanket on economic recovery and has given Americans a summer of more burdens, more costs and more rules.

BARRASSO: Regulatory overreach smothering economy - Washington Times

Government Regulations to Include Light Bulbs

By the way: 228 Republicans voted Yes on H. R. 2417 to repeal the ban. Ten Republicans voted No. 183 Democrats voted No. But only five Democrats voted Yes.

The EPA recently issued 946 pages of new rules to deal with .05% of the problem

Mr. Soon, a natural scientist at Harvard, is an expert on mercury and public health
issues. Mr. Driessen is senior policy adviser for the Committee For A Constructive
Tomorrow (CFACT).

ARTICLE: http://www.power4georgians.com/docs/WSJ%20Mercury%20Editorial.pdf

Constitution be damned. Senators vote to supersede the 10th amendment by Expanding the EPA

http://ht.ly/1Xl91 How they voted (so we can hold them accountable)Yea vote would not have expanded the EPA's power - see chart below, example #1
http://ht.ly/1WnGt Why it was a horrible Idea.
http://ht.ly/1WnGs What to expect from it.