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EPA to unveil plan to clean up tailpipe pollution that critics say would raise gas prices
fox news ^
| 3/29/2013
| fox news
Posted on 03/29/2013 4:35:50 AM PDT by tobyhill
The White House is planning to unveil a proposal by the Environmental Protection Agency that aims to clean up gasoline and automobile emissions, a plan officials say will lead to cleaner air but also higher gas prices.
The so-called Tier 3 standards would reduce sulfur in gasoline by more than 60 percent and reduce nitrogen oxides by 80 percent, by expanding across the country a standard already in place in California. It would go into effect in 2017.
The oil industry, Republicans and some Democrats have pressed the EPA to delay the rule, saying it would be unwise to impose such a standard while many are still struggling in a bad economy. An oil industry study says the rule could increase gasoline prices by 6 to 9 cents per gallon.
The EPA says the potential increase in gas prices would be slight, estimating the rules could increase gas prices by less than a penny per gallon and add $130 to the cost of a vehicle in 2025. Additionally, the agency argues the plan will yield billions of dollars in health benefits by slashing smog- and soot-forming pollution come 2030.
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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: autoemissions; carbontax; energy; epaoutofcontrol; fuel; gasoline; kenyanbornmuzzie; opec
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posted on
03/29/2013 4:35:50 AM PDT
by
tobyhill
To: tobyhill
2017 is the first year of the next POTUS and if that is Hillary then it means that the country voted for that anyway, Obama’s third term..
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posted on
03/29/2013 4:43:32 AM PDT
by
sickoflibs
(To GOP : Any path to US citizenship IS putting them ahead in line. Stop lying about your position.)
To: tobyhill
Inch by inch the Obama Regime is strangling the US and the GOP is feckless in stopping the endless regulatory onslaught. When Dear Leader gets done, the US is going to be like the orbital pictures of North Korea at night with the lights on all around it.
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posted on
03/29/2013 4:46:27 AM PDT
by
Truth29
To: tobyhill
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posted on
03/29/2013 4:46:45 AM PDT
by
tomkat
To: tobyhill
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posted on
03/29/2013 4:52:11 AM PDT
by
Doogle
(USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: Truth29
Inch by inch the Obama Regime is strangling the US and the GOP is feckless in stopping the endless regulatory onslaught. The GOP's problem is that it is "led" by gutless, limp-wristed, "go along to get along" pansies.
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posted on
03/29/2013 4:54:33 AM PDT
by
Common Sense 101
(Hey libs... If your theories fly in the face of reality, it's not reality that's wrong.)
To: tobyhill
Cool. Higher gas prices are certain to boost the economy.
To: tobyhill
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posted on
03/29/2013 4:56:02 AM PDT
by
PubliusMM
(RKBA; a matter of fact, not opinion. 01-20-2016; I pray we make it that long.)
To: tobyhill
Defund the EPA - it’ll save us all a lot of money.
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posted on
03/29/2013 5:03:08 AM PDT
by
trebb
(Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
To: tobyhill
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posted on
03/29/2013 5:07:56 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: tobyhill
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posted on
03/29/2013 5:59:41 AM PDT
by
NativeSon
( Grease the floor with Crisco when I dance the Disco)
To: tobyhill
“clean up tailpipe pollution”
Then keep gay marriage illegal...
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posted on
03/29/2013 6:07:31 AM PDT
by
Quickgun
(I got here kicking,screaming and covered in someone else's blood. I can go out that way if I have to)
To: NativeSon
Who voted for the EPA? Republicans... "Nixon's the one!"
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posted on
03/29/2013 6:25:20 AM PDT
by
Carry_Okie
(An economy is not a zero-sum game, but politics usually is.)
To: tobyhill
On Fox news they said it would raise gas one cent a gallon. I cannot believe we even got this far with the Environmental nazi’s.
To: tobyhill
Smog and soot-forming pollution creeps here from China and the EPA worries about out our tail pipes,yep it’s a fed agency all right.
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posted on
03/29/2013 6:51:40 AM PDT
by
Vaduz
To: Common Sense 101
"The GOP's problem is that it is "led" by gutless, limp-wristed, "go along to get along" pansies."Yessssss!
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posted on
03/29/2013 11:23:42 AM PDT
by
Richard Brandon Abroad
(Hey people, it's different over here. Different people, money ... and news.)
To: tobyhill
I know lots of liberals who live payday to payday. I can’t help but smile. But I certainly feel sorry for those conservatives who are in the same boat. Myself included.
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posted on
03/29/2013 10:10:30 PM PDT
by
Terry Mross
(This country will fail to exist in my lifetime. And I'm gettin' up there in age.)
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