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Moving the Goalposts: How Washington’s Ozone Plan Threatens Working Families and Pennsylvania’s Economic Comeback

Moving the Goalposts: How Washington’s Ozone Plan Threatens Working Families and Pennsylvania’s Economic Comeback

Full Title: Moving the Goalposts: How Washington's Ozone Plan Threatens Working Families and Pennsylvania's Economic Comeback
Author(s): Center for Regulatory Solutions
Publisher(s): Center for Regulatory Solutions
Publication Date: September 1, 2015
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Description (excerpt):

A plan from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to dramatically tighten federal ozone limits could stall Pennsylvania’s recovery from the Great Recession and deny the Commonwealth a long-awaited comeback in manufacturing jobs, according to an economic analysis commissioned by the Center for Regulatory Solutions (CRS), a project of the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council. The timing of these restrictive mandates from Washington, D.C. could not be worse. After decades of major improvements in air quality, Pennsylvania is about to reach full compliance with federal ozone standards, which would loosen the EPA’s grip on the Keystone State’s economy, job creators, and working families. Local and state officials from both parties, business groups, and leaders of the labor movement are speaking out against the Obama Administration’s proposal to move the goalposts on ozone. At the same time, recent public opinion research shows a clear majority of Pennsylvanians believe their air quality is good or excellent, and oppose an ozone plan that would come at the expense of lost jobs or give federal officials more control over planning decisions than state and local governments.

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