Big business welcomes federal regulation to forestall wildly different state regulations. Having to deal with one set of regulations makes doing business much easier than it would be having to meet FIFTY different sets. Plus, an increase of state power would make business susceptible to state corruption and political demands.
Not to be rude, but am I reading this correctly? Businesses are concerned about increases in states power? They should be more concerned about Federal power. I think competition between states is awesome. We can start by returning education to the states. If your businesses don’t like states power, they are in the wrong country.. I would suggest Europe. Environmental protection should be the sole responsibility of the state. How does a bureaucrat from DC know anything about the Environment of Oregon, or North Dakota? They read “reports” about it. I find it unlikely these reports are accurate and unbiased. Most likely funded by one group or another. While we are at it, the pipeline should be like Alaska... If your state allows the Keystone, you should get annual proceeds from the profit. This is widly popular in Alaska. I do not know what happens if there is no profit.. I only lived there four years.