Posted on 09/16/2013 11:52:39 AM PDT by Jim Robinson
This week will bring a major gut check for President Barack Obama’s climate agenda — specifically, his appetite to take on coal.
The Environmental Protection Agency is due to release a White House-vetted proposal by Friday that would impose the first-ever limits on greenhouse gases produced by future power plants. It would especially squeeze plants that burn coal, the nation’s cheapest, most abundant and dirtiest fuel source.
The rule coming this week wouldn’t apply to existing power plants — EPA will tackle those in a second rule due to be proposed next June and finished a year later. But EPA’s proposal is the first major step toward fulfilling Obama’s call this summer for his agencies to tackle climate change without waiting for help from a gridlocked Congress.
Coal supporters call it the latest salvo in the president’s war on affordable energy.
Expect to hear a lot about the rule during the next year, especially as Republicans use it as a weapon against coal-state Democrats like Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe, West Virginia Rep. Nick Rahall and Kentucky Senate challenger Alison Lundergan Grimes. Meanwhile, environmental groups are expected to mount a major effort to champion the rule, offering both public and legal support while praising Obama for taking on the fight.
Yea I know, I know.
The old saying applies here. “Even a broke clock is correct twice a day”.
He is a mannikin, just a puppet, doing what he is told by his string pullers.
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