Only largest polluters will be affected by new rules Re: “Obama’s carbon deals kill jobs, benefit Big Business,” Editorial, Dec. 30 Interwoven with all the bluster and apocalyptic rhetoric against the federal government soon beginning to control harmful fossil fuel pollution, this editorial omits a centrally powerful point: the United States Clean Air Act is more than capable of implementing greenhouse pollution controls in a fair and efficient manner, and has done so successfully for 40 years with regard to other forms of harmful air pollution such as lead, carbon monoxide, acid rain and smog.
As for the domestic carbon limits at issue, only major industrial entities emitting over 75,000 tons of carbon dioxide (or other harmful climate change pollutants) will even need to apply for a permit at this point. And 75,000 tons of any kind of pollution is a lot; it’s 15,000 times more carbon than what an average American car might emit over one year.
