Devastating Report Details Impacts of Obama's EPA Regs on Louisiana

Press Release

Congressman Steve Scalise (R-La.) today released the following statement in response to a Pelican Institute policy brief published in conjunction with a study by the Beacon Hill Institute at Suffolk University, regarding the economic impacts on Louisiana of the Obama Administration's environmental regulations put in place by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

The Pelican Institute found that three of the EPA's regulations will have the following effects on Louisiana:

22%: The amount by which electricity prices will increase on families in Louisiana.
16,260: The number of jobs Louisiana will lose by 2030.
$968 million: The total cost of the three EPA regulations to Louisiana.
$1,962: The amount by which real disposable income in Louisiana will fall by 2030.
"This study confirms what hard-working taxpayers have suspected -- these EPA regulations will have a devastating impact on Louisiana families and cost us thousands of jobs while reducing our standard of living," Rep. Scalise said. "The Obama Administration's radical global warming agenda is devastating to American energy, and these unobtainable proposals will lead to more electricity plants being shuttered and higher costs for families. The findings of the study show that President Obama and his liberal lieutenants will pursue their radical agenda regardless of the devastating impact on our economy, including thousands more good jobs being shipped overseas, and they must be rejected!"

Specifically, the policy brief focuses on the economic impacts of the EPA's Mercury and Air Toxics (MATS) rule and the two carbon dioxide emissions standards for new and existing power plants.

Last week, Rep. Scalise questioned Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy about the economic effects of these EPA rules on Louisiana. Below is a transcript of his remarks at the hearing with EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy.

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