Posted on 03/31/2014 5:54:41 AM PDT by rktman
The Obama Environmental Protection Agency recently slashed the maximum allowable sulfur content in gasoline from 30 parts per million to 10 ppm. The agency claims its new Tier 3 rule will bring $7 billion to $19 billion in annual health benefits by 2030.
These standards are a win for public health, a win for our environment and a win for our pocketbooks, EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy insists.
Its all hokum. Like almost everything else emanating from EPA these days, the gasoline regulations are a case study in how Americas economy, jobs, living standards, health and welfare are being pummeled by secretive, deceptive, and indeed fraudulent and corrupt government practices.
(Excerpt) Read more at canadafreepress.com ...
There's nothing that says Rat-infested states can't add even more stringent mandates of their own on top of the EPA's baseline stupidity.
Thanks!
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