One of the promises in the development and deployment of new energy technologies is the creation of “green jobs,” and it is a promise we embrace. But the sad fact is all to often these “green jobs” run afoul of “green tape.” Even more unfortunate is that many of the same groups who are thinking globally are often acting locally to stop the projects that would create jobs and reduce CO2 emissions. Learn more at ProjectNoProject.com.

The Executive Branch agencies and offices tasked with environmental issues—the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), the Department of the Interior (DOI) and others—are undertaking a wide range of new rules and regulations that either tighten existing environmental standards or impose entirely new environmental obligations on the business community. Often, these agencies give little or no consideration to cost on businesses or jobs that might be lost. American businesses are increasingly feeling suffocated by the volume, scope and cost of all of these new regulations.

The Chamber continues to support efforts to stop the EPA from misapplying environmental laws to unilaterally regulate greenhouse gases. We will continue to support appropriate bipartisan approaches to return the climate change issue to the purview of Congress and keep you update on any such legislation.

The recently introduced “Transparency in Regulatory Analysis of Impacts on the Nation Act,” or TRAIN Act,  aims to slow slow EPA’s runaway regulatory train by placing a moratorium on several of the EPA’s most dangerous regulations until a full study on their impact on economic competitiveness is completed. Click here to take action today.  

Under the current administration, the EPA as either proposed or finalized 29 regulations whose implementation will cost industry over $100 million, including: