XCR1250 Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 This new Biden regulation could wipe out 1 million US jobs, manufacturing leader says Joe Biden President Joe Biden’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently finalized an air quality rule that the manufacturing industry is warning could wipe out one million jobs and undermine efforts to build new manufacturing facilities in America. Jay Timmons, president and CEO of the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), is set to sound the alarm about the regulation in his annual state of manufacturing address on Thursday in Roseville, Michigan, according to an advance copy of his remarks provided to FOX Business. “In his State of the Union Address next month, President Biden will probably take credit for what manufacturers have achieved. That’s fair. I know he cares deeply about manufacturing,” Timmons explained. “As he often says on the road, ‘This nation used to lead the world in manufacturing, and we’re going to do it again.'” “But what he won’t tell you is that his federal agencies are, at this very moment, working to undermine his manufacturing legacy – those agencies are undermining your success. In fact, just two weeks ago, they announced one big regulation that could wipe out up to 1 million jobs,” Timmons warned. “It’s referred to as National Ambient Air Quality Standards or PM2.5.” “It’s not the name that matters. It’s the consequences. It’s stricter than rules they have even in Europe. And in vast portions of the country, we will barely be able to build new manufacturing facilities as a result,” Timmons added. Joe Biden’s administration announced the National Ambient Air Quality Standards last week. AFP via Getty Images The EPA initially proposed the regulation in January 2023 and issued a final version of the rule this year on Feb. 7. The rule tightens the NAAQS for fine particle pollution or PM2.5, which refers to particulate matter two and a half micrometers or less in diameter, by lowering the air quality standard from 12 micrograms per cubic meter to 9 micrograms per cubic meter. EPA Administrator Michael Regan said in announcing the rule that the “final air quality standard will save lives and make all people healthier, especially within America’s most vulnerable and overburdened communities.” The EPA says the revision will prevent “up to 4,500 premature deaths and 290,000 lost workdays, yielding up to $46 billion in net health benefits in 2032.” Timmons warned that Michigan – a key swing state with a large manufacturing base – could feel the brunt of the new regulation and that the impact on manufacturers will be felt throughout the Great Lakes State. “Michigan would be one of the states hit hardest. And if new manufacturing investments dry up, that spills over to the rest of the state economy. It affects the family trying to sell their home, the teacher hoping for new investments in schools, the students looking for job opportunities here in the state,” Timmons warned. “And to what end? You cannot solve the world’s environmental challenges by driving manufacturing investment away from the United States to countries with lower standards,” he added. Workers assemble Ford trucks at the Ford Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville, Kentucky. AP Timmons also touted the growth of the manufacturing industry in recent years and said that artificial intelligence (AI) could drive a new era of innovation, investment and productivity that bolsters America’s economy through the rest of this decade and beyond. “The state of the manufacturing industry depends on the people in it. And we are now 13 million strong – the largest in more than 15 years. If we can continue on this trajectory, this resurgence, imagine what the state of manufacturing might look like in 2030 at the end of the decade,” Timmons explained. “Artificial intelligence may unlock new superpowers for American workers. We might reach a point where no other country can keep up with our productivity or the pace of innovation. Manufacturing investment could flock to our shores even faster,” he added. However, Timmons warned that burdensome regulations like PM2.5, failing to make legal immigration easier, trade barriers, looming tax hikes and rising geopolitical risks to U.S. national security could dim those prospects. “That is why I can report that the state of manufacturing in America today remains strong and resilient but under threat,” Timmons explained. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecat Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 Sounds serious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bontz Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 37 minutes ago, Mainecat said: Sounds serious. Replace Biden's name with Trump's and you'd be changing your Depends, after another TDS-induced pants shitting 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 Sounds like a powerful group that's gets lots done The NAM lobbied successfully for the 1947 Taft–Hartley Act to restrict the unions' power. The advent of commercial television led to the NAM's own 15-minute television program, Industry on Parade, which aired from 1950–1960. President Donald Trump addressed the NAM board in 2017. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racinfarmer Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 1 hour ago, Mainecat said: Sounds serious. Will your family's business be able to comply? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member BOHICA Posted February 24 Gold Member Share Posted February 24 Clean air is good. Cleaner the better IMO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayward Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 2 hours ago, BOHICA said: Clean air is good. Cleaner the better IMO I agree. The amount of illegals here now, farting in our air, has me concerned. I mean the cows were bad, but shit, this is now out of control! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Contributing Member Skidooski Posted February 24 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted February 24 Less people is good. The more lesserer the better 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainecat Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 5 hours ago, Bontz said: Replace Biden's name with Trump's and you'd be changing your Depends, after another TDS-induced pants shitting It’s says “could” right in the headline ass fuck. Losta “ifs” in there….and maybes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racinfarmer Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 3 hours ago, BOHICA said: Clean air is good. Cleaner the better IMO I don't think anyone here is going to argue that. Being in ag, how do I accomplish "clean air", if a government entity wishes to suddenly enforce their 2.5 micron pollution level? I know that is not possible in a dry year, so I find it very easy that our government could go to war with me (or us) over some "made up" number, which may or may not be enforce equally. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gold Member BOHICA Posted February 24 Gold Member Share Posted February 24 1 minute ago, racinfarmer said: I don't think anyone here is going to argue that. Being in ag, how do I accomplish "clean air", if a government entity wishes to suddenly enforce their 2.5 micron pollution level? I know that is not possible in a dry year, so I find it very easy that our government could go to war with me (or us) over some "made up" number, which may or may not be enforce equally. Not sure if they are regulating dust from farm fields but every time I see the difference in equipment generated dust on no till vs tilling farming it’s a pretty big difference on what goes airborne. Any other pollution should be easy to control but have an expense to meet the standards I’m sure. this was Salt Lake a few weeks ago. It’s disgusting when the weather doesn’t blow the pollution for the oil refineries else where. You could not see the mountains by the end of the day. You can definitely feel it in the lungs and breathing. This should be easily addressed and no brainer on fixing and everybody should be for fixing unless they think they have a right to pollute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racinfarmer Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 8 minutes ago, BOHICA said: Not sure if they are regulating dust from farm fields but every time I see the difference in equipment generated dust on no till vs tilling farming it’s a pretty big difference on what goes airborne. Any other pollution should be easy to control but have an expense to meet the standards I’m sure. this was Salt Lake a few weeks ago. It’s disgusting when the weather doesn’t blow the pollution for the oil refineries else where. You could not see the mountains by the end of the day. You can definitely feel it in the lungs and breathing. This should be easily addressed and no brainer on fixing and everybody should be for fixing unless they think they have a right to pollute. We grow a lot of vegetables. You cannot no-til those. We've tried no-til. It works for a while, but for us, you eventually need to plow/disk rip in our area. Might get away with it for 2-3-4 years, but with crop rotation, we end up being forced to do a more traditional tillage operations. In some instances, our contracts call out the rotation and tillage methods. An example is peas. You (we) can't raise peas on corn ground due to root balls. You may be able to pull it off with moldboard plowing, but contracts. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voodoo Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 Can’t the workers just weak masks? Been done before with stellar results Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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