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.
In response to EPA’s new memo to reform the National Ambient Air Quality Standards Review Process, Dan Byers, vice president of policy at the U.S. Chamber’s Global Energy Institute, issued the following statement: “EPA’s National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) process has long been in need of
As my colleague Dan Byers recently wrote, although you wouldn’t know it from the dialogue in this country, Americans are enjoy some of the cleanest air in the world, with improvements in numerous cities every year. Now, the latest version of EPA’s Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks
Have you heard the good news about the excellent state of U.S. air quality? Chances are, you haven’t. In fact, it is much more likely that you’ve heard the opposite—glum stories of smoggy skies and unhealthy air constantly under threat from industrial pollution and SUVs. Reality begs to differ. As
Global Energy Institute vice president of policy Dan Byers made the following comment on President Trump’s MOU with EPA regarding air quality standards: “Today’s presidential directive contains commonsense reforms that will improve the air quality regulatory process so domestic manufacturing and job
Dear Administrator Pruitt: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the American Chemistry Council, the American Coke and Coal Chemicals Institute, the American Forest & Paper Association, the American Iron and Steel Institute, the American Wood Council, and the Council of Industrial Boiler Owners
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce strongly supports the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed repeal of the Clean Power Plan (CPP), and encourages the agency to instead develop more durable and achievable standards that preserve America’s energy advantage while respecting the bounds of the Clean Air
Dear Chairman Barrasso and Ranking Member Carper: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce supports the nomination of Andrew Wheeler to be Deputy Administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”). We look forward to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee advancing his nomination to
The U.S. Chamber supports H.R. 806, the Ozone Standards Implementation Act, which would provide for the reasonable implementation of the 2015 standard. Read our letter below.