Posted on 02/21/2009 5:19:20 PM PST by madison10
Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm "exceeded her legal authority" when she directed the state Department of Environmental Quality to impose new legal requirements on future coal-fired plants, Attorney General Mike Cox has determined.
State Rep. Kenneth B. Horn, a Frankenmuth Republican, was one of two lawmakers who had asked Cox to issue an opinion on the governor's directive that she announced in her State of the State address this month.
In her announcement, the Democratic governor called for the DEQ to review the need for new coal-fired plants and to explore alternatives before issuing air quality permits. She said the state should set a goal of generating 45 percent of its electricity from renewable sources by 2020.
Consumers Energy delayed construction of a more than $2 billion, 800-megawatt "clean coal" power plant near Bay City after the directive, spokesman Jay Jacobs said...
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Is Cox a Republican? sounds like it. I think it is great.
Yup, Cox is an (R)
Hopefully, he caused Granholm to get her panties in a wad.
Not to worry; Carol Browner will mandate the same at the Federal Level, from the U.S. EPA.
Perhaps someone needs to tell Governor Graba&& that Michigan is basically in a DEPRESSION and really doesn’t have the resource right now to indulge in saving the world.
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