January 19, 2011<\/p>\n
President Barack Obama has promised to ease \u201cabsurd and unnecessary paperwork requirements\u201d \u2013 and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is not immune.<\/p>\n
Obama yesterday signed an executive order<\/a><\/strong> directing agencies to remove outdated regulations that have a negative impact on the economy.<\/p>\n The president outlined the order in a Wall Street Journal editorial<\/a><\/strong>. He wrote that some government rules have placed unreasonable burdens on business, \u201cburdens that have stifled innovation and have had a chilling effect on growth and jobs.\u201d<\/p>\n He added, \u201cWe are also making it our mission to root out regulations that conflict, that are not worth the cost, or that are just plain dumb.\u201d<\/p>\n On the other hand, examples of necessary regulations include new safety rules for infant formula and fuel-economy standards for cars and trucks, Obama said.<\/p>\n As an example of a recent achievement in cutting red tape, Obama cited an EPA decision to loosen regulations on the artificial sweetener saccharin, which he said the FDA has long considered safe for consumption.<\/p>\n Read the complete article at ENVIRONMENTAL LEADER:<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" January 19, 2011 President Barack Obama has promised to ease \u201cabsurd and unnecessary paperwork requirements\u201d \u2013 and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is not immune. Obama yesterday signed an executive order directing agencies to remove outdated regulations that have a negative impact on the economy. The president outlined the order in a Wall Street Journal … Continue reading Obama Vows to Cut Regulatory Burdens on Business<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3291"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3291"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3292,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3291\/revisions\/3292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}