Beam me to Planet Gore !
Posted on 04/20/2009 9:44:17 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
There's potentially good news on the environmental front out of Washington D.C., but it's probably more than offset by a devastating announcement Friday.
First, the good news. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that the Environmental Protection Agency, when upgrading older power plants, may consider costs before demanding use of the most advanced technology, as required by law. The ruling was a defeat for environmentalists, who challenged the Bush administration's discretionary practice.
Hans Bader, special projects counsel for the Competitive Enterprise Institute think tank, told us the ruling permits continued cost-benefit analysis as an option in upgrades .. The group sued under the Clean Water Act's requirement that upgrades must include "the best technology available for minimizing adverse environmental impact."
Water drawn from U.S. waterways to cool power-plant machinery kills billions of fish and other small aquatic creatures that are crushed against intake screens or sucked into cooling systems. Newer plants with advanced technology reduce the kill rate by 98 percent.
If government required the "best technology available" in every case it would cost $3.5 billion a year, according to the EPA's estimate. ...
The bad news is that the EPA on Friday declared carbon dioxide and five other so-called greenhouse gas emissions to be harmful, under similar discretion provided by a previous high-court ruling. Finding the naturally occurring CO2 harmful gives government the authority to regulate the gas as it does truly harmful air pollutants.
CEI and other free-market advocates had written EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, warning that such a finding would "set the stage for an economic train wreck." .. triggers a rule-making procedure that will affect "1.2 million previously unregulated entities, office buildings, big box stores, enclosed malls, hotels, apartment buildings, even commercial kitchens," said the letter from Marlo Lewis, CEI senior fellow, and others.
(Excerpt) Read more at ocregister.com ...
“Crap and trade” should be the line in the sand for all Americans.
This is great news!
Obama (along with the rest of us) has to stop exhaling now!
Ergo, he has to stop talking!
Yea!
This means that exercise will be regulated and limited. You exhale far more CO2 per minute while exercising.
This means that exercise will be regulated and limited. You exhale far more CO2 per minute while exercising.
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one more reason to not start that exercise routine.
Global varming. :-)
Can the declaration of carbon (dioxide) as a “dangerous” gas be challenged in court? Its about time we start forcing these cultists to put up or shut up and PROVE their case. Which they can’t do.
Just one more thing to thank Nixon for.
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