{"id":2850,"date":"2011-06-06T15:25:18","date_gmt":"2011-06-06T20:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/?p=2850"},"modified":"2011-06-06T15:25:18","modified_gmt":"2011-06-06T20:25:18","slug":"focus-on-congress-not-epa-delays","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2011\/06\/06\/focus-on-congress-not-epa-delays\/","title":{"rendered":"Focus on Congress, Not EPA Delays"},"content":{"rendered":"

Should EPA delay its air pollution rules?<\/p>\n

That’s the question posted for National Journal’s<\/em> Expert Bloggers<\/a> today. Among the\u00a0industry and environmental thought leaders\u00a0who posted\u00a0comments was EDF’s own Fred Krupp<\/a>. He pointed out that EPA delays are not the real problem:<\/p>\n

EPA should move swiftly to put science-based human health protections in place for mercury, arsenic, acid gases and deadly particulates. But the bigger threat is that Congress might try to delay vital Clean Air Act protections for its own \u2013 decidedly non-scientific \u2013 reasons.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Fred cites a long list of health, environmental and economic benefits of the Clean Air Act, and then says:<\/p>\n

\n

Yet Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY) has announced that he will introduce legislation to delay EPA\u2019s proposed Air Toxics Rule — even before EPA finishes the public notice and comment effort that\u2019s currently underway, and in spite of the fact that the power plant Air Toxics Rule has been 21 years in the making … Congress should intervene if EPA is going too slowly and lives are being put at risk. But Congress should never delay vital health protections \u2013 not when we have time-tested bipartisan solutions that will save lives and strengthen our economy.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

You can read Fred’s full response, and the other expert opinions,\u00a0on\u00a0National Journal<\/em>‘s Energy & Environment blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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