April 29, 2011 08:56 PM UTC

Unfair Regulations Expected to Continue

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• by: NScott

Most of the backlash against the EPA in the early stages of 2011 has involved the Clean Air Act and their use of the act as a way to levy taxes against businesses and factories. The mandates from the EPA would be potentially harmful to the US economy, putting a hold on many of these businesses and not allowing them the proper job growth as well.

Throughout recent times, the EPA has continued to use the Clean Air Act as a vehicle to push through with a number of political stances and repeated levies of complex and expensive regulations. The EPA’s desire to regulate greenhouse gas emissions is a major debate for many members of the GOP and business leaders. They see the regulation of emissions as completely unnecessary and even worse as a major strain on business and job growth.

With the high number of taxes and regulations, it’s hard to find the end result in the actions of the EPA. It’s a wonder why they don’t focus their efforts on more pressing matters like cutting down environmentally related diseases such as asbestos exposure and mesothelioma. Asbestos removals are needed all over the country and the EPA doesn’t flex its arm fully in the abatement process. A more focused initiative on doing this would help some people from experience life threatening results, for example mesothelioma life expectancy is very severe.

Luckily, the GOP have been adamant in introducing budget proposals and acts in the early months of 2011 that are aimed at cutting down the EPA’s unneeded reign of power over businesses. A budget cut of around a third to the 2010 slate for the EPA was proposed and would do wonders to cut down on some of the power they have been wielding through taxes and regulations.

James Inhofe, a senator from Oklahoma, has even gone as far as to help the introduction of the Energy Tax Prevention Act. This would serve to put an end to the EPA’s cap and trade agenda, in turn taking away the regulations on greenhouse gas emissions. Inhofe was clear on his goal to take power away from the EPA by saying “The Energy Tax Prevention Act also imposes accountability. It takes power away from unelected bureaucrats and puts it where it belongs: in Congress, where the people can and should decide the nation’s climate change policy.” The GOP will most likely turn to Congress for help with the process of de-funding some of the EPA’s regulations. This seems to be one of the last lines of defense against the EPA.

Hopefully with the introduction of the Energy Tax Prevention Act and the current budget proposal, combined with the fight of senators like Inhofe, the reign of the EPA on business will lessen in the coming months.