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HQ-FOI-01268-12 Processing HQ-FOI-01268-12 **Note: Emails to/from "Richard Windsor" are to/from EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson Aaron To Richard Windsor Dickerson/DC/USEPA/US cc 05/10/2011 08:35 AM bcc Subject Fw: CEO Letter to President Obama on Vehicle Standards ----- Forwarded by Aaron Dickerson/DC/USEPA/US on 05/10/2011 08:34 AM ----- From: Brendan Bell <[email protected]> To: LisaP Jackson/DC/USEPA/US@EPA Cc: Aaron Dickerson/DC/USEPA/US@EPA Date: 05/09/2011 05:36 PM Subject: CEO Letter to President Obama on Vehicle Standards Administrator Jackson, Please accept a copy of the attached letter sent to President Obama today from the leaders of 33 environmental, public health, science, auto safety, and faith organizations regarding the 2017‐2025 fuel efficiency and global warming pollution standards for new light duty vehicles. The letter calls on the President to seize this historic opportunity to save consumers money at the gas pump, curb global warming pollution and cut America’s oil dependence by setting the strongest standards under consideration – a 6% annual reduction in global warming pollution and fuel efficiency standards of 60 miles‐per‐gallon by 2025. As the letter indicates, setting strong standards is a key priority for our organizations and the broader environmental community. We see these standards as the President’s best opportunity to meet his oil savings goal, while protecting consumers against rising gas prices and confronting the threat of climate change. As always, we deeply appreciate all the work that you and your staff are doing to develop the next round of standards for 2017‐2025. Sincerely, Brendan Brendan Bell Senior Washington Representative Clean Vehicles Program Union of Concerned Scientists 202.331.5451 [email protected] Founded in 1969, the Union of Concerned Scientists is an independent, science‐based nonprofit working for a healthy environment and a safer world. www.ucsusa.org Join our citizen action network or expert network. HQ-FOI-01268-12 **Note: Emails to/from "Richard Windsor" are to/from EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson Support our work. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook. HQ-FOI-01268-12 **Note: Emails to/from "Richard Windsor" are to/from EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson Adora Andy/DC/USEPA/US To Arvin Ganesan, David McIntosh, Richard Windsor, Seth 01/14/2010 05:08 PM Oster, Allyn Brooks-LaSure, Bob Perciasepe, Diane Thompson, Bob Sussman, Lisa Heinzerling, Gina McCarthy, Stephanie Owens cc Betsaida Alcantara, Brendan Gilfillan bcc Subject BARRASSO: "EPA Isn't Above the Law" From: Mengelkamp, Laura (Barrasso) [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 4:55 PM To: Mengelkamp, Laura (Barrasso) Subject: Barrasso: "EPA Isn't Above the Law" For Immediate Release: Contact: Emily Lawrimore ~202.224.6441 January 14, 2010 [email protected] Barrasso: “EPA Isn’t Above the Law” Sends Two Letters to Administrator Jackson about EPA’s Disregard for Laws Meant to Ensure Sound Science and Protect American Jobs WASHINGTON, D.C. –This week, Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) joined Congressman Darrell Issa (R-CA), Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI), and Senator David Vitter (R-LA) in sending two letters to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson regarding the EPA’s noncompliance with key legal protections for small businesses. They express concern that the EPA is ignoring sound science, failing to follow the law and threatening small businesses and communities. “Administrator Jackson is allowing the endangerment finding to proceed even as the manipulated scientific data behind it crumbles in the face of the Climategate scandal,” Barrasso said. “Our letters demonstrate that the EPA is ignoring two bedrock laws meant to protect small businesses, small communities and scientific integrity. This isn’t the first time the EPA has thrown science out the window and small businesses under the bus in order to advance its liberal agenda. “The EPA isn’t above the law. Federal agencies have a legal responsibility to evaluate and minimize the economic burden imposed by their regulatory actions, and the EPA is no exception. With ten percent unemployment, Americans can’t afford for Washington to push even more reckless policies that will kill jobs across our country and threaten small communities.” BACKGROUND Today, January 14, 2010, the EPA’s Endangerment Finding goes into effect. Senator Barrasso HQ-FOI-01268-12 **Note: Emails to/from "Richard Windsor" are to/from EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson believes it will cripple the economy by excessively regulating carbon from a wide range of American businesses. Senator Barrasso joined Congressman Darrell Issa (R-CA), Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI), and Senator David Vitter (R-LA) in sending the two attached letters to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson: 1/13/09 Letter Regarding Endangerment Finding Impact on Small Businesses and Communities: The letter states that the Small Business Administration wrote EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson on December 23rd, 2009 stating that she did not comply with the law to investigate the impact of her climate change regulations on small businesses and small communities. It also asks Jackson to withdraw the endangerment finding and all other climate change regulations until EPA complies with the law and investigates how EPA regulations will impact small businesses and small communities. 1/14/09 Letter Regarding EPA Violation of Data Quality Act in Wake of Climategate: The letter states the Senator’s concern that the EPA is in violation of the Data Quality Act (DQA), which was enacted to ensure the integrity of information relied upon by Federal agencies. The letter also states that EPA violated its own peer review guidelines. Both accusations are in reference to the development of EPA’s endangerment finding, which is largely based on UN scientific data now in dispute. ### HQ-FOI-01268-12 **Note: Emails to/from "Richard Windsor" are to/from EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson Adora Andy/DC/USEPA/US To Richard Windsor, Arvin Ganesan, David McIntosh, Seth 04/07/2010 11:15 AM Oster, Allyn Brooks-LaSure, Bob Sussman, Bob Perciasepe, Diane Thompson cc bcc Subject FYI: CNN Congressman Nick Rahall Clip from this morning I thought was interesting. It's a CNN interview with Rahall and he's basically asked where Massey ranks as far as bad mining operations. At At 5:35 Rahall says, "We're not talking about abolishing the coal industry here. We're talking about doing it in a responsible manner, both environmentally and safety-wise. And the price of a coal miners life. You can not put a price on that and there should be no corners cut when it comes to protecting the health and safety of our most precious resource which is the coal miner him or herself." HQ-FOI-01268-12 **Note: Emails to/from "Richard Windsor" are to/from EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson Adora Andy/DC/USEPA/US To Richard Windsor, Bob Perciasepe, Seth Oster, Diane 04/05/2011 02:11 PM Thompson cc bcc Subject HEADS UP: PLEASE READ. : OFFICIAL RELEASE: Statement of Administration Policy on H.R. 910 - Energy Tax Prevention Act of 2011 LAST SENTENCE SAYS: If the President is presented with this legislation, which would seriously roll back the CAA authority, harm Americans’ health by taking away our ability to decrease carbon pollution, and undercut fuel efficiency standards that will save Americans money at the pump while decreasing our dependence on oil, his senior advisors would recommend that he veto the bill. Adora Andy Deputy Associate Administrator U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of External Affairs and Environmental Education 202-564-2715 [email protected] ----- Forwarded by Adora Andy/DC/USEPA/US on 04/05/2011 02:11 PM ----- From: OMB Communications <[email protected]> To: Adora Andy/DC/USEPA/US@EPA Date: 04/05/2011 02:09 PM Subject: OFFICIAL RELEASE: Statement of Administration Policy on H.R. 910 - Energy Tax Prevention Act of 2011 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET WASHINGTON, D.C. 20503 April 5, 2011 (House Rules) STATEMENT OF ADMINISTRATION POLICY H.R. 910 – Energy Tax Prevention Act of 2011 (Rep. Upton, R-MI, and 95 cosponsors) The Administration strongly opposes House passage of H.R. 910, which would halt the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) common-sense steps under the Clean Air Act (CAA) to protect Americans from harmful air pollution. H.R. 910 would also increase the Nation's dependence on oil and other fossil fuels as well as contradict the scientific consensus on climate change. The CAA gives EPA the necessary tools to protect our families from a wide variety of harmful pollutants that cause asthma and lung disease – especially in children. Weakening these standards would allow more pollution in the air we breathe and threaten the health of Americans across the country. A recent report by EPA shows how important this landmark law has been in protecting public health. In 2010 alone, just one part of the CAA prevented: · 160,000 premature deaths; HQ-FOI-01268-12 **Note: Emails to/from "Richard Windsor" are to/from EPA Administrator Lisa P. Jackson · 130,000 heart attacks; · More than 100,000 hospital visits by preventing millions of cases of respiratory problems, including bronchitis and asthma. It enhanced productivity by preventing millions of lost workdays, and kept kids healthy and in school, avoiding millions of lost school days due to respiratory illness and other diseases caused or exacerbated by air pollution. Since 1970, the CAA has reduced key air pollutants that cause smog and particulate pollution by more than 60 percent. At the same time the economy has more than tripled. And since the CAA Amendments in 1990, electricity production is up and prices are stable.
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