Jobs for me, not for thee

While President Obama turns his attention to jobs (again), his administration keeps trying to kill them.
Joy at Conservative Commune has the latest update.
Federal guidelines require the EPA to revisit these ozone standards every five years, so another review will be due in 2013. Last year, however, EPA decided to reconsider, and proposed tightening it to somewhere in the range of 70 to 60 ppb. Why? Well, apparently because they can.
Let’s note right here that there are places where naturally occurring ozone levels exceed the proposed hyperaggressive standard ;including Yellowstone National Park. In fact, Howard Feldman—the API’s Director of Regulatory and Scientific Affairs—tells me that around 3000 out of the 3100 counties in the entire nation would likely be “in non-attainment,” or noncompliance, if the EPA goes forward with this plan. Is smog that widespread a problem across the country?
The EPA cannot explain how the average county would even be expected to meet these new requirements. How could they? We’re now at a point where instead of making sure industries don’t pollute the air, we’re asking local authorities to figure out how they can remove a naturally occurring gas.
The only jobs left will be for EPA types, telling us how to live our lives.