EPA: ‘Nothing to fear’ on climate regs

The Hill ^

[Sub-Driver]

EPA: ‘Nothing to fear’ on climate regs By Andrew Restuccia - 04/26/11 10:43 AM ET

Environmental Protection Administrator Lisa Jackson said Tuesday that the public has no reason to fear the agency’s pending climate regulations.

“I believe there is nothing to fear from common-sense use of the Clean Air Act to begin to put this country in the direction of moving towards addressing our greenhouse gas emissions,” Jackson said during remarks at an energy conference in Washington.

The EPA has begun phasing in greenhouse gas standards for new and modified power plants and refineries. The regulations have come under attack from Republicans and some moderate Democrats, who argue that the rules will harm the economy. The House passed a bill earlier this month to block EPA climate rules. The Senate failed to pass the legislation.

Jackson said she and President Obama would have preferred putting limits on greenhouse gas emissions through legislation. But efforts to pass such a bill fell apart in the Senate last year several months after the House passed cap-and-trade legislation.

“So now we’re left with the Clean Air Act. It’s not the ideal tool, but it is a tool and according to the Supreme Court it is a tool,” Jackson said, referring to a landmark 2007 Supreme Court decision that said the EPA could regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act if the agency found they endanger public health and welfare. EPA made such a finding in 2009.

Jackson, who spoke at the Energy Information Administration's annual conference, said she hopes Congress will eventually move forward with climate legislation. But such a bill has little change of passing.

[Sub-Driver]

Except for killing the economy even further......

[henkster]

Business will comply with the regs by closing and leaving.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

There's nothing to fear if you are among the ruling class. You can disregard your own rules without consequence.

There is much to fear among those being ruled, who will be financially raped for disregarding your rules.

[No Socialist]

Killing the economy is the ultimate objective of the commies. Then they can proclaim capitalism has failed and take over everything, including us. We will work for the dictators until we can no longer work and then they will make sure we die an early death. Health care is just to expensive for someone that doesn’t contribute to the ‘greater good’.

[Marty62]

END THE EPA NOW!

[Marty62]

END THE EPA NOW!

[AngelesCrestHighway]

"Environmental Protection Administrator Lisa Jackson said Tuesday that the public has no reason to fear the agency’s pending climate regulations.".....

[mountainlion]

The government seems to think that they can either hire or put everyone on welfare and regulate everything else out of existence. They are clueless if not totally ignorant of economics.

[BitWielder1]

... there is nothing to fear from common-sense use of the Clean Air Act ...

Therein lies the rub.
They are going way beyond common sense into trying to bring down human civilization.

[Real Cynic No More]

Jackson said she and President Obama would have preferred putting limits on greenhouse gas emissions through legislation. But efforts to pass such a bill fell apart in the Senate last year....

By not passing the bill, Congress acted. That means it's neither wanted nor legal!

[digger48]

Business will comply with the regs by closing and leaving.

And Democrats will then blame Greeeedy Corporations for shipping the jobs overseas.

lather, rinse, repeat.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Ask Shell who put out $4billion for leases only now to be turned down for drilling.

[Uncle Ike]

” By not passing the bill, Congress acted. That means it’s neither wanted nor legal! “

Then, by not passing the bill stripping the EPA of this power, Congress abdicated its legislative and oversight powers.. That means that Congress is no longer needed...

[edcoil]

The King says the kings ruling are fair.

[jimt]

[paratrooper82]

“Nothing to fear from EPA regulations . . . .” Like when the NAZI’s told the Jewish people, just step into the showers and get cleaned up! You have nothing to fear!

[nhwingut]

I remember when they were trying to pass the cap and tax bill, the Dems would threaten, “You better allow us to pass this bill or you’ll hate what the EPA has in store.” Or something similar.

Now we have nothing to fear. Riiigghht!

[grobdriver]

"You have nothing to fear from an Obama presidency"

Name that fool...

[Dead Corpse]

Nothing to fear but poverty and death. But what’s a little poverty and death in the pursuit of an utterly bankrupt Utopian impossibility?

[dfwgator]

SS Guard: “There’s nothing to fear, it’s only a shower.”