JD Vance on Environment

Environmental justice is an excuse to offshore American jobs

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."

Too many unfunded Clean Water Act mandates in Ohio cities

[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."

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."

EPA Admin: Vance will oppose arbitrary regulatory burdens