EPA's Clean Power Plan Doesn't Justify Its Cost Say Experts | The Daily Caller:
"The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Power Plan doesn’t justify its costs according to testimony before the House Science, Space, and Technology committee Wednesday.
“When the actual benefits are compared to the costs, the Clean Power Plan is not a good purchase” said Dr. Anne Smith, a senior vice president and environmental practice co-chair for NERA Economic Consulting.
“EPA asserts that the Clean Power Plan will help combat climate change.
However, EPA’s own data demonstrates that claim is false.
EPA administrator Gina McCarthy testified before this committee and agreed that this rule would have a ‘minimal’ impact on climate.
In fact, their data shows that this rule would reduce sea-level rise by only 1-100th of an inch, the thickness of only three sheets of paper” said Lamar Smith, chairman of the committee, during the hearing.
The Clean Power Plan is expected to cost a staggering $41 billion annually.
Yet, the plan likely won’t have a large impact on global warming.
According to analysis by the libertarian Cato Institute using models created by the EPA, the Clean Power Plan will only advert 0.019° Celsius of warming by the year 2100, an amount so small it can’t be detected."
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