Industries heat up over boiler rules

Link to Inhofe EPW Press Blog Politico Excerpts: More than 100 House members — including 45 Democrats — urged the EPA in August to consider flexible approaches “that could prevent severe job losses and billions of dollars in unnecessary regulatory costs.” Seventeen Senate Democrats last month joined 24 Republicans in sending a separate letter that detailed the same concerns using similar language. A study released by the Council of Industrial Boiler Owners last month said that if the rules pass as proposed, it could put more than 300,000 jobs at risk. An alternative route discussed in the EPA’s proposal could put job losses at around 800,000, the study said.