Energy Policy Analyst William Yeatman tells the story of how the EPA is forcing a power plant in New Mexico to install $370 million worth of equipment to improve visibility in a nearby park. Peer-reviewed research says the visibility improvement has a 35 percent chance of being perceptible to the human eye. New Mexican electricity consumers, meanwhile, will be able to perceive their bills going up by an average of $82 per year.


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[...] I discussed the EPA’s shenanigans in New Mexico on Liberty Week, the CEI podcast, available here.To read a primer on the Regional Haze rule, click here. Cancel replyLeave a CommentName *E-mail [...]
[...] Yesterday, I discussed the EPA’s shenanigans in New Mexico on Liberty Week, the CEI podcast, available here. [...]