Economic prosperity has helped to enable both public and private sector investment in energy innovations and emissions control technologies. The resultant benefits can be seen across our economy in the form of cleaner transportation, cleaner electricity, cleaner manufacturing, and cleaner energy production. The business community is proud to be an ongoing partner in these efforts.
The Washington, D.C. metropolitan region already suffers from the worst traffi c conditions in the country. Over 90 percent of the area’s major roads are in poor condition, and the average commuter is stuck in traffi c 67 hours each year. The region’s public transit system is similarly strained and in need of investment and repairs. Unfortunately, if the D.C. region is unable to demonstrate conformity with EPA’s ozone standard by the 2018 transportation conformity deadline, at least 13 projects slated to recieve $511 million in FY2019 and FY2020 would be put at risk.
I-66 Widening, Purple Line Among Impacted Projects WASHINGTON, D.C.— The U.S. Chamber’s Institute for 21st Century Energy today released the first in a series of new reports detailing the negative impacts of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed ozone regulations on key transportation
WASHINGTON, D.C.—U.S. Chamber President and CEO Thomas J. Donohue issued the following statement today regarding the U.S. Supreme Court’s Michigan v. EPA decision: “The Supreme Court made it clear that EPA cannot turn a blind eye when it imposes massive costs on our economy in return for minimal
The Energy Institute is concerned about EPA’s proposed ozone regulations, which studies have found could be the most expensive regulation every implemented. EPA’s new regulations will dramatically increase “nonattainment areas” throughout the country. The rules will immediately add red tape to
Media Contacts: Matt Letourneau, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Energy Institute, 202-463-5945 Mallory Micetich, National Association of Manufacturers 202-637-3085 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, D.C. – At a House Appropriations Subcommittee hearing today, Dan Byers testified on behalf of the
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the world’s largest business federation representing the interests of more than three million businesses of all sizes, sectors, and regions, as well as state and local chambers and industry associations, and dedicated to promoting, protecting, and defending America’s
Via Electronic Mail Ms. Janet McCabe Acting Assistant Administrator for the Office Of Air and Radiation U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Mail Code 6101A 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. Washington, DC 20460 McCabe.janet@epa.gov Re: Request for Notice and an Extension of the Comment Period on the
