VA Attorney General - Curbing EPA Vital To State's Economy, Wants "Full & Objective Dose Of Science"

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Cuccinelli’s other major undertaking is a legal action that would compel the EPA to reconvene its proceedings that determined the concentrations of certain greenhouse gases were a danger to public health. The EPA in December issued a finding that the emissions of certain greenhouse gases from new motor vehicles “contribute to the greenhouse gas pollution which threatens public health and welfare.”

Though the finding does not impose new requirements on industry, the EPA describes it as a step in finalizing its emission standards for vehicles. Cuccinelli called it a “job-killing regulation” and characterized his action against the EPA as “economically, the biggest item we’re contending with.”

The EPA regulation of greenhouse gases “has a more far-reaching effect than cap and trade, and more quickly, and that to me would be economically devastating to this part of Virginia,” Cuccinelli said while in Abingdon. “Because the only real way to comply with it is to just stop using a good chunk of the energy we’re using in this country, and coal of course is over half of our electricity production.”

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On Tuesday, he called for a “full and objective dose of science” and suggested the EPA would not want a trial on the science because “they will be embarrassed.” To his critics, Cuccinelli noted, he was elected by 58 percent of voters. “That’s a mandate,” he said.

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http://www2.tricities.com/tri/news/local/article/cuccinelli_says_his_goal_is_to_stop_environmental_regulators_from_causing_g/45644/