The EPA’s plan to cut regional haze will cost Oklahoma about $282 million a year, according to a report from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Environmental groups say the Chamber is wrong.
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Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt recently testified before a congressional subcommittee about the EPA’s efforts to circumvent the rule-making process on regional haze and other environmental regulations. The chamber accuses the EPA of using a regulatory tool known as “sue and settle rule-making” to force states to accept the agency’s plans, which are costlier to implement and increase utility costs for consumers.
Whitney Pearson, associate field organizer for the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal campaign, said the chamber has its facts wrong on regional haze and Oklahoma.
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