Economic prosperity has helped to enable both public and private sector investment in energy innovations and emissions control technologies. The resultant benefits can be seen across our economy in the form of cleaner transportation, cleaner electricity, cleaner manufacturing, and cleaner energy production. The business community is proud to be an ongoing partner in these efforts.
Thank you for the opportunity to present comments on behalf of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Since 1990, economy-wide NOx emissions from highway vehicles have declined by 75%, even as overall vehicle miles traveled have increased by nearly 50%. Continued improvements in advanced technology diesel
Dear Administrator Regan: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) has proposed a Revocation of the 2020 Reconsideration, and Affirmation of the Appropriate and Necessary Supplemental Finding for EPA’s Mercury and Air Toxics Standards. 87 Fed. Reg. 7,624 (Feb. 9, 2022). EPA’s 2016
Dear Ms. Coyle: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce (Chamber) submits the following comments in response to the Council on Environmental Quality’s (Council or CEQ) notice of availability and request for comments on the CEQ’s interim guidance document, “Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Sequestration
My name is Heath Knakmuhs, and I am Vice President and Policy Counsel for the Global Energy Institute, an affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce (“Chamber”). The mission of the Global Energy Institute is to unify policymakers, regulators, business leaders, and the American public behind a
Dear Mr. Hockstad: The United States Chamber of Commerce appreciates the opportunity to provide comment on EPA’s proposed rescission of the 2020 final rule on increasing consistency and transparency in considering benefits and costs in Clean Air Act regulatory processes. High quality cost-benefit
Several years ago, we celebrated Earth Day by calling attention to what one group of state government officials refer to as “The Greatest Story Seldom Told”—namely, the incredible progress that the United States has made in reducing emissions, and America’s underappreciated standing as having one of
In a Fuel for Thought post earlier this month, we took a first full-year look at 2020 Electricity Sales, Generation, and Emissions. On March 25th, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) published its latest Monthly Energy Review, which gives us our first full-year (though still preliminary)
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has a broad and diverse membership with a variety of viewpoints on major policy issues. Over time, priorities shift as challenges emerge and the business community responds to them. We have long emphasized that combating climate change will require citizens, government
