HEAT Team Applauds EPA For Axing Obama-Era Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards
WASHINGTON DC - This week, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin released a proposed rule to rescind the 2009 Endangerment Finding, issued by the Obama-Biden Administration. This finding has been used by both the Obama-Biden and Biden-Harris administrations to justify greenhouse gas emissions regulations for motor vehicles and engines. Those onerous policies raised costs on American families and businesses and restricted the United States' ability to innovate and compete on a global scale.
"I applaud EPA Administrator Zeldin's proposal to rescind the 2009 Endangerment Finding. The Obama-Biden and Biden-Harris administrations weaponized this finding to finalize burdensome, market-distorting regulations which raised manufacturing and consumer prices and threatened reliable transportation methods for consumers," said RSC HEAT Chairman Balderson. "Thanks to President Trump and EPA Administrator Zeldin, we are returning consumer choice to the American people and American competitiveness to the global economy."
"No other nation has come close to the United States' emissions reductions. It's about time our policies recognized this leadership and removed bureaucratic barriers to future innovation and American global dominance," said RSC HEAT Vice Chairman Weber."This announcement is an important step towards the return of commonsense policies to deliver on promises made to unshackle American innovation, ensure energy reliability, and lower costs for American families. I thank President Trump and EPA Administrator Zeldin for unleashing American energy, lowering costs for Americans, and returning power to consumers."