Clean air and water, a diversity of animal and plant species, soil and mineral resources, and predictable weather are annuities that will pay dividends for as long as the human race survives - and may even extend our stay on Earth.
America is a global leader on clean air progress and carbon dioxide reductions, and we are the envy of the world when it comes to clean water.
The Obama administration's Clean Power Plan was stayed by the Supreme Court. That was an historic stay. They had never stepped in at that stage in litigation and actually issued a stay for a Clean Air Act regulation. They did that because I believe the Clean Power Plan was outside of the Clean Air Act. It was outside the bounds of the law.
EPA takes its Clean Air Act responsibilities seriously and is committed to providing certainty to state and industry partners. We will not use our authority to pick winners and losers in the energy marketplace.
The U.S. is the gold standard for clean air and clean water. We reached that point through private sector innovation and cooperation between Washington and the states to implement our nation's environmental laws.
My criticism of the Obama administration's Clean Power Plan was that it was outside the four corners of the Clean Air Act.
Since the 1970s, California has failed to carry out its most basic tasks under the Clean Air Act.
EPA's Affordable Clean Energy rule (ACE), would restore the states' proper role under the Clean Air Act and our system of federalism. Our plan would allow states to establish standards of performance that meet EPA emissions guidelines.
Whether you believe in climate change or not, we want clean air. We want clean water for the American people.
I want all hellions to quit puffing that hell fume in God's clean air.
