“It’s not about party affiliation. It’s not about politics,” said Administrator Michael Regan.
President Joe Biden’s environmental chief pitched his agency’s new proposal Thursday to crack down on planet-heating gases from power plants as delivering on the president’s promise to combat climate change — even as Republicans and industry opponents disparaged it as a recipe for economic ruin.
— such as approving a major oil project in Alaska — and deflect criticism from industry that the EPA was going too far with its proposal. “The good news is our work is not sacrifice — these aren’t restrictions, as some would say,” Regan said. “This is about seizing the moment and understanding that we have an obligation to not only leave behind a healthier planet for generations that will come after us but to leave behind a fairer and more just society.
Republicans like West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey also quickly lined up to bash the proposal and suggest the EPA had overstepped its authority less than a year after the Supreme Court imposed limits on its ability to regulate power plant emissions. And the Biden administration will have little time to defend its proposal in court should the president lose reelection, imperiling its durability.
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