U.S. EPA CO2 rules unrealistic, federal drilling restrictions too limiting, says U.S. Chamber executive

John Funk

 

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Obama administration's goal to cut power plant carbon dioxide emissions is too much, too soon, a leading industry spokeswoman charged Friday.

 

"We need to be looking at what is technologically achievable," said Karen Harbert, president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Institute for the 21st Century, in a rapid-fire and hard-nosed address before the City Club of Cleveland that focused mostly on oil and gas development before challenging the new power plant regulations.