In an op-ed published in Sunday’s Richmond Times-Dispatch, Business Roundtable President John Engler said:

• “Virginians still climbing back from recession are about to be dealt another economic blow in the form of the most expensive environmental regulation in U.S. history.”

• “Astonishingly, this economic battering from Washington is entirely discretionary. No law requires the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to revise its limits on ozone emissions, yet the agency is moving ahead despite the harm the additional multibillion-dollar mandates will inflict on growth and employment.”

• “Most of Virginia's major population centers, including much of Northern Virginia and the greater Richmond, Harrisonburg and Charlottesville metropolitan areas, would be unable to comply with the new standard.”

• “You might as well put a sign up on the front door of Virginia companies declaring, ‘Closed for business.’”

Click here to read the full text of the op-ed in Sunday’s Richmond Times-Dispatch.

Click here to learn more about how stricter ozone regulations will affect counties in Virginia and across America.