So says an Environmental And Public Works minority report, due to come out today, which Ed Morrissey got a sneak peak at
The executive summary spells out the stakes involved in the effort to rein in the EPA:
New standards for commercial and industrial boilers: up to 798,250 jobs at risk; The revised National Ambient Air Quality Standard for ozone: severe restrictions on job creation and business expansion in hundreds of counties nationwide. New standards for Portland Cement plants: up to 18 cement plants at risk of shutting down, threatening nearly 1,800 direct jobs and 9,000 indirect jobs; The Endangerment Finding/Tailoring Rules for Greenhouse Gas Emissions: higher energy costs; jobs moving overseas; severe economic impacts on the poor, the elderly, minorities, and those on fixed incomes; 6.1 million sources subject to EPA control and regulation; and
Well, that sounds great, doesn’t it? Of course, these will all be replace with “Green” jobs, right? Um, not so fast
…in continually touting green jobs too often we’ve unwittingly set up an opposition and point of conflict that doesn’t need to be there. In fact it creates an entry to a conflict that is at least partially fictional. It also opens the door to asking “where are all the green jobs†and pointless debate about whether or not a particular job is really a green job or not–though it is true that some jobs are greener than others. Furthermore, it subtly reinforce the perception, incorrect as it may be, that the environmental movement wants to take over the country.
The actual quote comes from…….Treehugger! So-called green jobs cost 2 jobs for everyone created, and are enormously expensive.
On the bright side, if when Republicans regain the House
…one senior GOP lawmaker has another idea in mind: sweet revenge.
Wisconsin Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner wants to keep the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming alive so it can investigate climate science and police President Barack Obama’s green policies.
And well they should. The real facts and real science should be highlighted for all to see. Government destruction of the private sector for “climate change” should be halted, and replaced with real world, wise, feasible rules that can stimulate protection of the environment and clean energy, without all the globull warming idiocy.
