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JD Vance on Environment
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Environmental justice is an excuse to offshore American jobs
Vance has opposed and sought to scrutinize EPA regulations, including on gasoline-powered generators and methylene chloride, a paint stripper chemical linked to cancer. He's also dismissed environmental justice as an excuse to offshore American jobs.
Vance has called Democratic action on climate "dumb" and a "handout to Chinese companies at the expense of Ohio workers."But he recently [said] that if some local companies support certain Inflation Reduction Act provisions, lawmakers might want to
keep them instead of repealing the entire law: "The Inflation Reduction Act is mostly a lot of green energy stuff. It's also added a lot of costs out there and a lot of federal spending that's forced the inflation prices," said Vance. "And I also
think that it's sort of hastening a transition away from things like the gas driven cars that most Americans don't want. So I think there's a lot of bad policy in there. And I'd like to see a lot of it gotten rid of."
Source: Environment & Energy News on 2024 Veepstakes
, Jul 15, 2024
Too many unfunded Clean Water Act mandates in Ohio cities
Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and J.D. Vance (R-OH) called on the EPA to engage with Ohio communities, weigh each community's financial capacity, and provide them with flexibility as they work to fulfill their unfunded federal mandate under the
Clean Water Act. "We urge you to fully utilize the 2023 CWA Financial Capability Assessment Guidance and engage with communities to take a wholistic approach in calculating an area's financial capacity for CWA compliance as Ohio communities work to
fulfill their unfunded federal mandate," the Senators wrote.[Their letter to the EPA noted that] "there are a number of Ohio communities under federal consent decrees regarding CWA compliance, including Cleveland, Cincinnati, Akron, Toledo and
Youngstown. While each of these communities is committed to reaching compliance with the CWA in a timely manner, they are also encumbered by aging infrastructure and constrained financial positions due to a legacy of deindustrialization."
Source: Senate press release (Brown/Vance 2024): "Call on EPA"
, May 14, 2024
Environmental justice policies ship jobs to China
Environment : Loosen or tighten environmental regulations?- Tim Ryan (D): Tighten. Voted to keep a rule to protect streams from the impact of coal mining operations. Wants environmental and financial
incentives aligned.
- J.D. Vance (R): Loosen. Sees "environmental justice" policies causing jobs to be shipped to China. Opposes "liberal environmental regulations that hurt businesses."
Source: Guides.vote candidate survey on 2022 Ohio Senate race
, Nov 1, 2022
EPA Admin: Vance will oppose arbitrary regulatory burdens
EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler has announced his endorsement of J.D. Vance for the U.S. Senate. Vance "will work for the Americans who have been left behind by the establishing ruling class, fight for the working class and bring back jobs that
were shipped overseas," Wheeler writes in the news release. Vance "will oppose arbitrary regulatory burdens that have been shown to be ineffective and costly for our country."
Source: The Ohio Star on 2022 Ohio Senate race
, Aug 11, 2021
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