Press Release
Statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on New EPA Power Plant Emission Rules
… Today the EPA took the historic step of proposing to regulate existing electrical generation power plants in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The EPA’s proposal will … act, our economy could wind up at a cost disadvantage, shifting jobs and emissions overseas. Still, President Obama is right to lead on this issue, since other nations won’t act if the United States does not. Acting first can confer long-term … jobs in places that need them, to make sure that the promise of a decent retirement after decades of dangerous, difficult work is honored? If nothing happens, we will create more places like McDowell County, West Virginia, where the economy and …