LAME DUCK: Obama Rushing Out Tons Of Last Minute Environmental Regulations
Aleister
TheGatewayPundit.com
Dec 4th, 2016
Obama is flailing in the final days of his presidency. He knows most of his legacy will be quickly erased once Trump is sworn in but he’s pumping out new regulations at a record pace anyway. Most of them are related to the environment.
FOX News reports:
“Obama races to impose tougher greenhouse gas rules, and much more
The Obama administration is introducing a last-minute barrage of costly environmental regulation pronouncements that Republicans have vowed to repeal as soon as possible after Donald Trump’s January 20 presidential inauguration.
The recent outpouring adds to the administration’s dubious record of producing more than 600 major regulations — those estimated to cost more than $100 million each — during its tenure, according to a study by the American Action Forum, a Washington-based think tank.
Case in point: an announcement by the Environmental Protection Agency, one of the administration’s most energetic rule-makers, on Wednesday that after lengthy study, it would push ahead with tougher greenhouse gas emission standards, equivalent to 54.1 miles per gallon fuel efficiency, for passenger cars and light trucks for the years 2022-2025.
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