Unions Upset With Obama's EPA

New EPA rules threaten to cause electricity rates to “necessarily skyrocket” and are also going to kill jobs all across the country.  Luminant Energy of Texas claims it will be forced to close two plants and fire 500 people.

Texas was not initially included in the new EPA rules that target sulphur-dioxin emissions with a mandate requiring a 64% reduction from 2010 levels, but in July the Lone Star state was added to the list.

The News-Journal of Longview, TX reports the new regulations will have a considerable effect on the region’s economy:

“This would be devastating to the Northeast Texas economy — not just Titus County,” Titus County Chamber of Commerce Director Faustine Curry said of the losses from the regional employer and taxpayer. “In Titus County, we have the power plant, the mines.”

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The unions are now upset with Obama's EPA.  Union workers in Missouri recognize that the EPA’s aggressive push will cost consumers more money while threatening to destroy jobs.

A quote from the former head of the St. Louis AFL-CIO:

“Missouri working families cannot afford regulations that will raise electricity costs and destroy jobs during this fragile economic recovery,” said Robert Kelley, President Emeritus of the St. Louis Labor Council and member of Energy for Missouri Jobs. “The EPA needs to consider a balanced approach that gives us cleaner air without sacrificing jobs and increasing energy prices.”

Unions are against the new EPA rules. Governors and utility companies are fighting it in the courts. And citizens will be hurt by massive, nationwide job losses as well as increased electricity costs.

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