By Ben Geman - 09/27/11 01:44 PM ET
GOP White House hopeful Rick Perry is asking President Obama to scuttle new air pollution rules that require cuts in power plant emissions that blow across state lines and worsen smog and particulate pollution.
The Texas governor, in a letter to Obama on Monday, takes aim at the Environmental Protection Agency’s recently finalized Cross-State Air Pollution Rule.
The letter says the rule “will have an immediate and devastating effect on Texas jobs, our economy, and our ability to supply the electricity our citizens, schools and employers need.”
The letter, which was first obtained by The Associated Press, alleges the rules have an “impossible” timeline and lessen the reliability of the state’s power grid.
“I urge you to use your executive authority to stop or delay the implementation of this and all other destructive rules, and to work with Congress to pass legislation that will prevent EPA from unilaterally establishing rules that kill jobs and increase electricity prices,” it states.
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