This is why these local jurisdictions are so afraid of the EPA.

the local jurisdiction can't afford that mandate. Anne Arundel County can't afford the $1.87 billion mandate.

Ms. Stoner, it takes money. It's a huge unfunded mandate. The local jurisdictions don't have the money. You are not going to have the money. We're broke.

What's the EPA's plans? Are they going to take the local jurisdictions to court in order to force an increase in property taxes?

As more and more of our nation's public policy decisions involve the use of complex scientific information, it becomes more and more important that our policymaking institutions make use of such information in a process that is free of bias, is open to outside review and analysis, allows for the airing of divergent opinion, and is deliberative enough to ensure that the decisions we make are the right ones.

Policies intended to mitigate climate change and conventional pollution with the use of corn-ethanol have backfired badly. Rather than reduce greenhouse gas emissions, poorly-thought out ethanol mandates have increased them.