Calling all Hoosiers!!! Here here...HEAR! From the Dan Coasts newsletter: Misguided EPA Agenda Damaging to Indiana When I meet with Hoosier job creators, the message I often hear is simple: stop the regulatory tidal wave coming from Washington. Under President Obama, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has found numerous ways to flood industry with new regulations and rulemakings, creating uncertainty for all Americans. From water to air to bureaucratic maneuvering, there seems to be new EPA rules or guidance almost every week. While this administration touts an “all-of-the-above” approach to our country’s energy needs, a pipeline of regulations from the EPA are clearly drafted in a way that discriminates against fossil fuels, which especially hurts states like Indiana. The President’s recently announced climate change initiative intends to take coal out of our country’s energy portfolio. This will dramatically impact all Hoosiers and raise energy prices across Indiana. Manufacturing, a very energy intensive industry, is critical to Indiana’s economy. Manufacturers employ nearly 17 percent of the Hoosier workforce, which is a higher percentage than any other state. These jobs depend on affordable, reliable energy sources. The EPA seems dead set on ensuring these manufacturers are handed increased rates that will seriously affect their ability to retain existing employees, let alone hire new workers. Our state has done energy the right way. Indiana offers some of the most affordable and reliable electricity in the nation. This is obviously of great benefit to Hoosier families and employers in this sluggish economy, and it also has helped Indiana become one of the most business-friendly states in the nation. States like ours are bearing the brunt of the administration’s regulatory overreach and crusade to target energy sources it does not like. Instead of punishing Hoosiers, the administration should be encouraging an energy policy that is truly all-of-the-above, allows advancements in fossil fuel technologies and does not unfairly discriminate against certain energy sources.
Posted on: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 17:38:15 +0000
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