SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Senator Mike Rounds calls a new EPA proposal to regulate carbon dioxide emissions costly.
Rounds says it would impose aggressive new regulations on coal-fired power plants.
He doubts the measure would achieve its intended goal of reducing global warming. He says even the administration believes it would be insignificant. He claims the measure is aimed a getting other nations to also reduce CO2 emissions, but believes they would take advantage of the United States weaknesses in the energy sector.
Rounds says the E-P-A should scrap the proposals and go back to the drawing board.
The world emits over 30 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide a year.