?Cementing? the GOP?s environmental policy in place

It looks like an early agenda item for the GOP will be eliminating EPA?s regulation of cement plants, according to press reports. H.J. Res. 100 would repeal the regulation and prevent any future similar regulation.�Economists and environmentalists should be equally unhappy with this rollback effort.
This is one regulation where the cost-benefit analysis seems to come out firmly on the environmental side, according to the NY Times environmental blog,
The E.P.A. estimates that the new rules will eliminate 92 percent of the mercury and fine-particulate emissions from cement kilns (more than 10 percent of the national total). The ... More >Horse House Lab