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Desiree Tims Speaks Out After Devastating West Virginia v. EPA Supreme Court Decision
COLUMBUS — Today, Desiree Tims, President and CEO of Innovation Ohio, released the following statement after the conservative-controlled U.S. Supreme Court chose to gut the EPA’s authority to regulate carbon pollution in a broad-reaching decision:
“Today’s catastrophic U.S. Supreme Court ruling in West Virginia v. EPA will harm far more than our nation’s ability to battle climate change. It will kill good-paying union jobs, increase your family’s energy costs, and likely hinder basic government functions like ensuring clean drinking water and testing food quality.
“Every American will suffer because of an activist Court packed by MAGA Republicans.
“This Supreme Court decision means the EPA can no longer effectively regulate carbon pollution from power plants, a major source of America’s greenhouse gas emissions.
“This likely means fewer upgrades and repairs made to these plants, which means fewer jobs.
“It also means the air your children breathe will be less safe. And MAGA Republicans are to blame.
“This ruling will cost Americans in more ways than we yet understand. Clean water, food safety, product quality — all of that is made possible by government standards that industries must meet.
“Remove those standards, and we’re left hoping greedy private corporations will decide to do the right thing all on their own.
“We can’t look away. We must hold the extremist minority accountable for the devastation they continue to cause through the illegitimate Court majority they crafted.
“This year’s elections will determine the future of our nation.
“The true majority must reject dangerous, extremist policies with one, unified voice this November.”
