Washington, D.C. - Today, President Biden’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed a sweeping new mandate aimed at America’s power plants. Under the EPA’s proposed rule, most traditional energy power plants would have to undergo major renovations or shut down entirely in 17 years. The proposed mandate arrives less than a year after the Supreme Court ruled against the EPA for overreach of their powers in the landmark ruling West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency.
“Joe Biden is hell bent on finishing the war on coal that Barack Obama launched more than a decade ago, ignoring Congress, the Supreme Court and reality in the process,” said Daniel Turner, Founder and Executive Director for Power The Future. “Over the last year, the Biden Administration has tried to take away nearly every appliance in our house and now he’s after the electricity that makes them run, all by executive mandate. Good luck selling this job killer in states like West Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania that rely on the industries Biden is seeking to destroy. In the United States, the President is accountable to the people, no matter how much Joe Biden wants to coronate himself as the Green King.”
Just yesterday, West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin said he will block all future EPA nominations due to the overreach of today’s proposal.
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