Posted on 12/07/2009 9:51:54 AM PST by BradtotheBone
Officials gather in Copenhagen this week for an international climate summit, but business leaders are focusing even more on Washington, where the Obama administration is expected as early as Monday to formally declare carbon dioxide a dangerous pollutant.
An "endangerment" finding by the Environmental Protection Agency could pave the way for the government to require businesses that emit carbon dioxide and five other greenhouse gases to make costly changes in machinery to reduce emissions -- even if Congress doesn't pass pending climate-change legislation. EPA action to regulate emissions could affect the U.S. economy more directly, and more quickly, than any global deal inked in the Danish capital, where no binding agreement is expected.
Many business groups are opposed to EPA efforts to curb a gas as ubiquitous as carbon dioxide.
An EPA endangerment finding "could result in a top-down command-and-control regime that will choke off growth by adding new mandates to virtually every major construction and renovation project," U.S. Chamber of Commerce President Thomas Donohue said in a statement. "The devil will be in the details, and we look forward to working with the government to ensure we don't stifle our economic recovery," he said, noting that the group supports federal legislation.
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Mike Nelson (Lloyd Bridges) from "Sea Hunt!" Loved that show
Re-breathers use chemicals to absorb CO2. These are also used in spacecraft. CO2 is toxic to humans at higher levels even if you have plenty of oxygen.
The CO2 is not broken down but is held by the chemicals.
“Somebody in the Dem camp is diabolically clever at picking off senators who at least pretend to be opposed in princliple to the far left’s legislative agenda. Whoever that is, he/she may be Mephistopheles in disguise.”
LOL! Man, you ain’t kidding!
Two words:
FRAUD! SCAM!
Close the EPA.
Now EVERYTHING will be “Made in China.”
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