Tag Archives: EPA

Gingrich’s Inflated Gasoline Claim

Posted on February 7, 2012

Newt Gingrich exaggerates when he says the Environmental Protection Agency has a proposal “that would raise the price of gasoline by 25 cents a gallon.” Gingrich’s cost estimate comes from an oil industry study of “clean gasoline” recommendations made by U.S. automakers. The EPA has yet to issue a proposal, …
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Clearing the Air on Perry’s Record

Posted on October 7, 2011

Texas Gov. Rick Perry cites partly cloudy statistics to back up his boast that Texas is doing just fine cleaning its air on its own — without the EPA. Perry boasts that “we cleaned up our air in Texas more than any other state, during the decade of the 2000s.” …
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Front Group Claims EPA Threatens 7 Million Jobs

Posted on August 18, 2011 , Updated on Sept. 2, 2011

Chemical and oil lobbies were behind an ad that dogged Obama's Midwestern bus tour, attacking anti-smog regulations proposed by the administration. Their trade groups are among the business organizations backing a front group calling itself the "Coalition for American Jobs," which sponsored the ad. The TV spot accused the president …
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Cap-and-Trade Cost Inflation

Posted on May 28, 2009

Leading Republicans are claiming that President Obama’s proposal to curb greenhouse gas emissions would cost households as much as $3,100 per year. The Republican National Committee calls it a “massive national energy tax.” But the $3,100 figure is a misrepresentation of both Obama’s proposal and the study from which the …
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EPA Tax on Cows and Pigs?

Posted on December 29, 2008

Q: Is the EPA considering a tax on cows and pigs? A: No. The farm lobby warned that EPA "could" push for such a tax, but EPA never proposed any such thing and says it lacks       authority to impose one anyway.

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