Biden's latest climate rules crack down on manufacturing, ignoring industry warnings of economic devastation
FOX NewsFEB 18 2024
EPA Strengthens Standards for Soot Emissions
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The Spin
Right narrative
This is a sad time for science and the American people. Pres. Biden is again deferring to the most extreme environmentalists in his administration and placing too much of the blame for air pollution on the US manufacturing industry. Production and job creation will be strangled by this new rule and investment will leave the US for other countries.
Left narrative
If anything, this rule doesn't go far enough to give the American people the maximum health benefit, but Biden is doing the best he can in the current political climate. This is a win for public health considering the known, and unknown, consequences associated with soot pollution. Industries have until 2032 to comply with the rule — the least it can do to reduce deaths and illnesses.