Well...well...demi pertumbuhan ekonomi, urusan lingkungan disingkirkan dahulu deh....Amrik mirip Indonesia juga nih kadang2.
Sept. 2 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama said he’s directed the Environmental Protection Agency to withdraw proposed rules to limit ozone emissions that lead to smog, the costliest new regulation being considered by the administration. The draft rules were faulted by Republicans and business leaders who said the regulations would be too expensive to implement. Obama said in a statement he is seeking to reduce regulatory burdens as the economy recovers. “Ultimately, I did not support asking state and local governments to begin implementing a new standard that will soon be reconsidered,” Obama said today in a statement. The EPA’s proposed regulations for ground-level ozone, a main ingredient of smog, would have tightened rules issued during President George W. Bush’s administration in 2008. EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson has said those rules wouldn’t stand up to legal scrutiny. The EPA’s proposal would have cost $19 billion to $90 billion, according to the White House. “The Obama administration is caving to big polluters at the expense of protecting the air we breathe,” Gene Karpinski, president of the League of Conservation Voters, an environmental group, said today in an e-mailed statement. “This is a huge win for corporate polluters and a huge loss for public health.” The EPA will revisit the ozone standard in 2013 as required by the Clean Air Act, Administrator Lisa Jackson said today in a statement. ‘Good News’ Business group representatives had met Aug. 16 with White House Chief of State William Daley to push their case for scrapping the ozone changes. They said the costs would be much greater than the administration estimated. “The signal today was that message is being heard” by the White House, Jack Gerard, president of the American Petroleum Institute in Washington, said in an interview. “These are the kinds of signals that the economy and business needs to begin pulling money of the sidelines and start investing.” Obama, facing re-election next year, is under political pressure on the economy. He’s set to speak to Congress Sept. 8 to outline plans to boost hiring and economic growth as Republicans criticize him for his policies, including rules and regulations on business. House Speaker John Boehner, an Ohio Republican, asked Obama last week to detail the estimated cost of regulations proposed by the administration. A spokesman today said the president’s action was a “good first step.” Iceberg ‘Tip’ “We’re glad that the White House responded to the speaker’s letter and recognized the job-killing impact of this particular regulation,” said Michael Steel, the spokesman for Boehner. “It is only the tip of the iceberg” on rolling back rules, he said. Republicans, who control the House and have enough votes in the Senate to block legislation, have vowed to oppose new spending to stimulate growth that would add to the deficit, which the administration has forecast will rise to $1.3 trillion this year. “Environmental concerns are legitimate, but sometimes the cost these policies impose is very significant,” said Phil Levy, a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington and an economist in the Bush administration. “To the extent he’s moving to balancing them more carefully, that should be applauded.” To contact the reporter on this story: Mark Drajem in Washington at [email protected] To contact the editor responsible for this story: Larry Liebert at [email protected] === Sent from Bloomberg for Blackberry. Download it from the Blackberry App World! Thanks, Bagya Powered by Telkomsel BlackBerry® ------------------------------------ Kunjungi situs http://www.info-saham.com untuk informasi seputar saham. SEMUA POSTING DI MILIS INI TANGGUNG JAWAB PENGIRIM EMAIL DAN BUKAN ADMIN MILIS. SEMUA POSTING DI MILIS INI BUKAN UNTUK MENGAJAK MEMBELI ATAU MENJUAL EFEK. SETIAP KEPUTUSAN INVESTASI MENJADI TANGGUNG JAWAB PIHAK PEMILIK INVESTASI ATAU PEMILIK MODAL. [email protected] untuk berhenti dari milis saham [email protected] untuk bergabung ke milis saham Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saham/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saham/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
