[rktman]

I know most of us have a strong disagreement with the U.S. Chamber on their stance on just about everything, but maybe, with an emphasis on maybe, this will get to somebody who cares. I have my doubts because the epa mostly does whatever it feels like and doesn't give two hoots what their charges think. And they are in charge with few exceptions. I guess there isn't anyone in charge that would dare defund these asshats at this point.

[molson209]

Environmentalists finally have the Power to send the US back to the Stone Age ,with help from Obama’s Muslims

[BitWielder1]

All legislation should be reviewed for necessity, effectiveness and cost/benefit.
EPA seems to be exempt from all three.
All legislation should go through congress, no separate department should have the power to make law.

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

Keep in mind that the EPA considers individual comments as “outliers”. Thta is just how it works.

I recommend aligning yourself with an industry group or other “action committee” that agrees with your views.

It may be prudent to convene a FreeRepublic committee to contribute to these Federal rules.

The unfortunate part would be that it would cost money that is better used to keep FR up-and-running.

[Amendment10]

FR: Never Accept the Premise of Your Opponent’s Argument

As mentioned in related threads, with the exception of the federal entities listed in the Constitution's Clause 17 of Section 8 of Article I as examples, entities under the exclusive legislative control of Congress, the states have never delegated to the feds, expressly via the Constitution, the specific power to decide policy for intrastate environmental issues. With all due respect to family and friends of the late President Nixon, he was wrong to sign the bill that established the EPA into law.

In fact, note that the Supreme Court has clarified in general that powers not expressly delegated to the feds via the Constitution, the power to decide policy for intrastate environmental issues in this example, are prohibited to the feds.

”From the accepted doctrine that the United States is a government of delegated powers, it follows that those not expressly granted, or reasonably to be implied from such as are conferred, are reserved to the states, or to the people. To forestall any suggestion to the contrary, the Tenth Amendment was adopted. The same proposition, otherwise stated, is that powers not granted are prohibited [emphasis added].” —United States v. Butler, 1936.

If Nixon had really wanted the feds to have the constitutional authority to decide policy for environmental issues then he should have done the following. Nixon needed to encourage Congress to propose an environmental protection amendment to the Constitution to the states for ratification. And if the states had chosen to ratify Nixon's amendment then the feds would have the constitutional authority that they need to decide policy for intrastate environmental issues and Nixon would be a hero.

[factoryrat]

Most of these regulations are being foisted upon us by lobby interests (environuts in california via sierra club, nat gas speculators, banning coal, nuclear, hydro, etc), and they are running the energy economy straight into the ground for fun and profit.

Wanna beat them at their own game?

Cut off california and the northeast from the electrical grids, along with shutting down all of the oil and nat gas pipelines to those regions, and stop all rail shipments of coal, oil, and propane to those areas too. When they revolt, just tell them that they are merely getting what the EPA, and their environmental lobbyists wanted, so tough shit, freeze in the dark, fry in the heat, and suffer the consequences of the fools you put in charge.