Unions, Economist Warn Of Job Losses From Strict EPA Cement Proposal

A major trade union federation and a Texas economist are backing industry attempts to soften the stringency of EPA's proposed new air toxics rule for the Portland cement sector, warning that the rule will cause American job losses during an ongoing economic downturn and echoing industry's claims that the emission limits are impossible to achieve. The AFL-CIO is telling EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson that the agency's proposed maximum achievable control technology (MACT) to reduce mercury and other air toxics at...