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   The EPA regulations could threaten up to $200 billion in economic activity   
   and a million jobs   
      
   A large coalition of industry groups are calling on the Biden   
   administration to rescind its recent proposal to tighten air-quality   
   standards, saying the action would devastate the economy.   
      
   The coalition — led by the Chamber of Commerce and joined by 33 other   
   groups, including the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM),   
   American Farm Bureau Federation and American Petroleum Institute — penned   
   a letter Thursday to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator   
   Michael Regan, warning about the consequences of the proposed regulations.   
      
   "Lowering standards further would harm America’s ability to revitalize our   
   supply chains and manufacturing, as well as to restore and revitalize our   
   nation’s infrastructure," the groups stated in the letter. "In addition,   
   the current reconsideration is discretionary and not required by the Clean   
   Air Act as the existing standards were just reviewed in 2020."   
      
   "The inability to comply with these near-background level standards could   
   lead to consequences such as onerous permitting requirements that would   
   freeze manufacturing and supply chain investments, as well as other   
   unintended consequences," they continued.   
      
   BIDEN ADMIN HIT WITH LAWSUIT OVER ECO ACTIONS THAT INDUSTRY SAYS COULD   
   COST MILLION JOBS   
      
   In early January, the EPA released the proposed air quality standards,   
   which seek to curb fine particles, or soot, in an effort to protect   
   Americans from health effects like asthma attacks, heart attacks and   
   premature death.   
      
   The regulations would lower the annual PM2.5 standard from a level of 12   
   micrograms per cubic meter to a level between 9 and 10 micrograms per   
   cubic meter. The EPA said it would also take feedback on a reduction to 8   
   micrograms per cubic meter.   
      
   WHITE HOUSE ECO COUNCIL AT ODDS OVER TECHNOLOGY CENTRAL TO BIDEN'S GREEN   
   GOALS   
      
   PM2.5 is a fine particulate matter often produced via industrial   
   processes. However, industry has argued the current standards of 12   
   micrograms per cubic meter are stringent enough and manufacturers have   
   worked to improve technology, lowering emissions in recent years.   
      
   "America’s air continues to improve," the letter Thursday stated. "The   
   business community has worked with EPA and its state partners to lower   
   fine particulate matter (PM2.5) emissions by 42 percent since 2000 and is   
   making significant progress even with the steady growth in the U.S.   
   economy, population, and energy use."   
      
   "Thanks to innovation and investment, new emissions control technologies   
   and solutions have been widely adopted to improve air quality."   
      
   According to the letter, more than 84% of PM2.5 emissions are generated   
   from non-point sources such as fires and unpaved roads. Industrial sources   
   and power plants, which are already highly regulated, are the sources of   
   16% of such emissions, it added.   
      
   The letter also stated that the regulations could damper domestic   
   investments in industrial activities like "mining and processing of   
   critical minerals for priorities like renewable energy, semiconductor   
   manufacturing, and energy development for us and our allies."   
      
   A May study conducted by Oxford Economics and commissioned by NAM   
   concluded that the regulations would threaten between $162.4 and $197.4   
   billion of economic activity while putting 852,100 to 973,900 current jobs   
   at risk.   
      
   "Improving air quality in the U.S. is a top priority for manufacturers,   
   and we’ve worked for years to make progress in delivering some of the   
   cleanest manufacturing processes in the world," NAM President and CEO Jay   
   Timmons said at the time.   
      
   "We need to let manufacturers do what they do best: innovate and deploy   
   modern technologies to protect the environment, while creating jobs and   
   strengthening the economy."   
      
   The EPA did not immediately respond to a request for comment.   
      
   objectivist688   
   3 hours ago   
      
   Chinese manufacturers don’t have these burdensome and expensive   
   regulations slowing them down, their equivalent labor costs are about one   
   tenth of ours, and their government subsidizes them, no wonder we can’t   
      
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