Beam Me to Planet Gore !
Posted on 02/07/2010 6:42:59 PM PST by ricks_place
A bipartisan effort to stop the EPA's anticarbon crusade.
The Obama Administration has been moving full-speed ahead on anticarbon regulation, never mind waiting for Congress to pass a bill. But now opposition is building among senior Democrats, with two powerful committee Chairmen introducing a bill last week to bar the Environmental Protection Agency from declaring that carbon is a dangerous pollutant.
EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson is busy writing new rules that would let her drive a tax-and-regulation bulldozer through the U.S. economy under laws never meant to apply to greenhouse gases. Ms. Jackson is expected to issue new anticarbon regulations for cars and trucks next month before moving on to power plants and other industries.
This is all too much for Missouri's Ike Skelton and Minnesota's Collin Peterson, the Chairmen of the House Armed Services and Agriculture Committees, respectively. Along with Missouri Republican Jo Ann Emerson, they are pushing a two-page bill that would amend the Clean Air Act to restore Congress's original intent and strip CO2 and other greenhouse gases from the statutory language.
This is bipartisanship we can believe in. Such legislation would vaporize the EPA's "endangerment finding" for carbon and thus require the Administration to use democratic debate and persuasion if it really wants to reshape the energy markets and impose huge new costs on American consumers. What a thought.
"If Congress doesn't do something soon, the EPA is going to cram these regulations through all on their own," Mr. Peterson said. "I have no confidence that EPA can regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act without severe harm to all taxpayers."
Added Mr. Skelton: "Simply put, we cannot tolerate turning over the regulation of greenhouse gas emissions to unelected bureaucrats at EPA. America's energy and environmental policies should be set by Congress." Yes, they should be.
(Excerpt) Read more at online.wsj.com ...
da One will veto any such legislation.
Democrats are always revolting.
My body contains significant amounts of carbon.
Oh, and “you can say that again.”
There.
I’m not sure there would be enough dimoKKKRATS on board to over ride a certain veto.
OH HELL YEA! Its about damn time those idiot democrats woke the hell up.
Don’t you just love it? Maybe the drowning polar bears are frolicking outside their homes.
Climategate linkblast coming up ....
Democrat Government;
Government of the scu&bags, by the scu&bags and for the scumbags.
IMHO
This is getting crazy. These Whacko Communists are gone wild. Even Democrats are realizing what kooky fanatics they are. Wow!
If we don’t take care of the environment, one day we’ll be unable to go outside without covering our bodies from head to toe, we’ll be unable to see the sun for weeks at a time and white powder will start falling from the sky.
DRILL BABY DRILL! [Real stimulus.]
The IPCC’s Latest Climate Change Blunder “To Boldly Go Where No Stupidity Has Gone Before.”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2446504/posts
CLIMATE SCANDAL PROFESSOR: I THOUGHT OF KILLING MYSELF...
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article7017922.ece
‘The great global warming collapse’...
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/the-great-global-warming-collapse/article1458206
UNBELIEVABLE ! Still Another IPCC Screw-Up Found
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2446092/posts
Top British scientist says UN panel is losing credibility [UK Times]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2446028/posts
Headlines on Drudge yesterday:
Netherlands adds to UN climate report controversy; Half the country below sea level?
India to ‘pull out’ of UN global warming panel; ‘Cannot rely’...
PAPER: The great global warming collapse...
[outside Drudge, related]
IPCC: International Pack of Climate Crooks
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2444063/posts
Democrats Pushing Back Against Carbon Regulations From the EPA
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2445839/posts
Historic snowstorm rages on...
Paralyzing nation’s capital...
200,000+ without power in DC metro...
Nearing all-time storm total snowfall record for Baltimore...
Snow measurements for DC/MD/VA/WVA...
Multipe Roof Collapses Around Region...
Up to 30 inches in parts of Philadelphia...
Severe Winter Storm Striking Mid-Atlantic...
[Related, outside Drudge]
‘Snowmageddon’ blankets Mid-Atlantic in heavy snow
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2445883/posts
Oregon Petition [We urge the United States government to reject the global warming agreement ... snip]
http://www.oism.org/pproject
www.petitionproject.org
This petition has been signed by over 31,000 American scientists.
Graham: Congress Needs A ‘Win’ On Climate Policy
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2440629/posts
Timing, Grahamnesty, timing. Ever hear about Climatgate? [Good grief.]
PEW: Global warming ranks dead last as concern for Americans...
http://people-press.org/report/584/policy-priorities-2010.
12 Days, 3 Networks and No Mention of ClimateGate Scandal
http://www.businessandmedia.org/articles/2009/20091202135822.aspx
Boxer: Hackers should face criminal probe over ‘Climategate’ - The ...
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/70249-boxer-hacked-climategate-emails-may-face-criminal-probe
Dec 2, 2009 ... Leaked e-mails allegedly undermining climate change science should be treated as a criminal matter, Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.
Climategate Mashup
http://www.infowars.com/climategate-mashup/
CLIMATEGATE!!! arrest al gore! protos Says: November 25th, 2009 at 12:56 pm. Way to go hackers. Now we need you to expose the rest of their Lies. ...
YouTube – Lord Monckton on Climategate: Whistle Blower, Not A “Hacker”.
http://climategate.tv/?p=451
Van Jones [communist revolutionary] on the Advisory Board of the Presidential Climate Action Project
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2436607/posts
UN scientist admits unverified data used for politics...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1245636/Glacier-scientists-says-knew-data-verified.html
Calls for UN climate chief to resign...
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/geoffreylean/100023489/pachauri-must-quit-as-head-of-official-science-panel
Climategate: CRU Was But the Tip of the Iceberg
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2434568/posts
UN abandons climate change deadline...
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/87479ee2-0600-11df-8c97-00144feabdc0.html
Chief admits mistake on Himalayas warning...
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article6994774.ece
James Cameron: ‘I Believe In Eco-Terrorism’
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2430694/posts
ClimateGate’s Michael Mann Received Stimulus Funds
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2431012/posts
THE NEW CLIMATE CHANGE SCANDAL
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2431016/posts
“Himalayan glaciers would melt by 2035 was lifted from a 1999 magazine article.”
IPCC Pondering New Steps in Wake of Hacked E-mails Episode
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2430998/posts
PAPER: World Misled over Himalayan Glacier Meltdown...
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article6991177.ece
Computer accused of ‘warm bias’ by BBC weatherman...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1243846/Met-Office-accused-warm-bias-BBC-weatherman.html
ClimateGate’s Michael Mann Received Stimulus Funds
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2431012/posts
THE NEW CLIMATE CHANGE SCANDAL
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2431016/posts
IPCC Pondering New Steps in Wake of Hacked E-mails Episode
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2430998/posts
PAPER: World Misled over Himalayan Glacier Meltdown...
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article6991177.ece
Computer accused of ‘warm bias’ by BBC weatherman...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1243846/Met-Office-accused-warm-bias-BBC-weatherman.html
Danny Glover:Haitian earthquake was caused by climate change and global warming
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2429022/posts
BIN LADEN’S ‘GLOBAL WARMING’ RANT [FR link]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2439926/posts
EPA Suppresses Internal Global Warming Study [previous Infowar Headline]
You can say that again.
This is astonishing.
The Democrats have always preferred to push their socialist agenda through the use of unelected bureaucrats and liberal courts. This is quite an amusing development, unless it’s some kind of shady bait-and-switch ploy. Always remember - - the Democrats cannot be trusted.
EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson
EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson has an agenda but she also has a summa cum laude degree from Tulane University’s School of Chemical Engineering and a master’s degree in chemical engineering from Princeton University. More than a wee bit of smarts.
Pieces of paper with lots of Latin on them = smarts?
Since when?
People with college degrees often believe in incredibly stupid things.
Yup, but there might be enough votes to override.
And what are Paul Krugman’s creds? Education and intelligence (and for that matter, integrity) are not one in the same.
What does regulating C02 have to do with taking care of the environment? C02 is not a pollutant, it is essential for life, plants absolutely rave about it, and all of us exhale it everytime we breath.
On top of that, C02 does NOT cause global warming, it is the result of it, or at least higher concentrations in the atmosphere are the result of global warming.
There is absolutely NO reason to regulate C02 as a pollutant except to rob citizens of their money, stick it to business, and gain massive control over nearly every aspect of life.
I know someone with nearly the same credentials who couldn’t run a business, keep a wife and Family, or even buy a watch on line without messing it up.
I also knew two guys who worked on a production line, invested wisely, held some property and one built up and sold a business. Not much formal education past high school but both just worked for the cheaper benefits and “golf money” as one put it. When the plant started closing down, they weren’t worried in the slightest.
A life in academia doesn’t mean you have smarts.
The EPA should be eliminated because it is unconstitutional.
My post was a rebuff to argumentum ad hominem from truthguy
...She's a prima affirmation action baby who doesn't understand science or technology...
EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson earned a BS with the highest marks and a Princeton University MS, both in a difficult applied science field, Chemical Engineering.
College Diplomas are not pieces of paper with Latin wording. College Diplomas are parchment (a thin material made from calfskin, sheepskin or goatskin) with Latin wording. Her Diplomas represent success in a very difficult technical course of study. She understands technology but she brings a political agenda to the EPA.
I seem to recall the Anthropomorphic Global Warming crowd attacking reasoned analysis because it was not credentialed through peer review. Attacking the EPA Administrator who is credentialed seems unsupportable. Your cap and trade regulatory objections should be based on reason, technical or political, rather than an attack on her person.
I object to the EPA Carbon Regulation on both technical merit and the political usurping of power.
Let them not weasel out of the result of their behavior.
The EPA Administrator has the degrees and is pushing Obama's Cap and Trade agenda. It doesn't make her stupid or ignorant of the science and technology. She is probably more dangerous than having an idiot in the position.
People without college degrees often believe in incredibly stupid things, too. Do people with College Degrees or people without College Degrees believe in more stupid things? lol
I congratulate Ms. Jackson on her degrees with very high marks in a difficult technical field. That DOES NOT mean she is qualified to run the EPA. Interesting that she became a government bureaucrat instead of working in private industry.
The EPA is one of several government agencies that needs to be abandoned.
I saw a very interesting graph the other day (sorry, no link). It showed that just eight percent of the people working for nobama have any private industry experience. Eight percent was way below other presidents.
William Buckley answered that question several decades ago.
I am obliged to confess I should sooner live in a society governed by the first two thousand names in the Boston telephone directory than in a society governed by the two thousand faculty members of Harvard University.
College Diplomas do not guarantee success in life. Without College people do succeed through luck, inheritance, skill, wit, perseverance, attitude, and so forth.
In the case of the EPA Administrator she has multiple College Degrees and she has succeeded in Life as evidenced by her position.
The EPA Carbon Regulation Policy is wrong politically and technically. She has an agenda.
College Diplomas do not guarantee success in life. Without College people do succeed through luck, inheritance, skill, wit, perseverance, attitude, and so forth.
In the case of the EPA Administrator she has multiple College Degrees and she has succeeded in Life as evidenced by her position.
The EPA Carbon Regulation Policy is wrong politically and technically. She has an agenda.
“da One will veto any such legislation.”
I think with a bunch of Democrats going along with this, and the GOP on board, the Prez will not make a veto stick.
Let him try to veto it.
When he sends it back to the Congress .. we’ll just defeat his veto.
There’s more than one way to skin a cat!
She beees excessive in carbon ug ug ugaleeeeeeee!
“She beees excessive in carbon ug ug ugaleeeeeeee!”
Guilty.
You did not state EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson was NOT qualified. She has multiple degrees in an EPA relevant field of study and has served as an administrator of a State level environmental department. I do not know if she held any positions in private industry.
She is implementing the Obama Cap and Trade Policy. It is the Obama Policy that is wrong politically, technically, and economically.
Peter principal? Lisa Jackson is as high as one can go in the Environmental field unless IPCC Chair Rajendra Pachauri resigns. The Obama Administration draws heavily on government types for positions but the Dems won the election.
Title should be “DEMOCRAT” Climate Revolt, not “Democratic”.
A memorable quote deserving reissue!
Holes in climate science:
http://research.fit.edu/sealevelriselibrary/documents/doc_mgr/328/Global_Holes_in_Climate_Science_-_Nature_2010.pdf
Climate-gate:
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/jamesdelingpole/100020126/climategate-goes-serial-now-the-russians-confirm-that-uk-climate-scientists-manipulated-data-to-exaggerate-global-warming/http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/18584
http://www.createspace.com/3423467
Glacier-gate (aka Pachauri-gate):
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/01/20/panels-glacier-disaster-claims-melting-away/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article7009081.ece
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/christopherbooker/7062667/Pachauri-the-real-story-behind-the-Glaciergate-scandal.html
Amazon-gate:
http://www.hotair.com/archives/2010/01/26/more-bogus-agw-information-in-ipcc-report/http://grandrants.wordpress.com/2010/01/26/discredited-scientific-theory-receives-yet-another-blow/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article7009705.ece
Thermometer-gate:
http://wattsupwiththat.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/surfacestationsreport_spring09.pdf
Temperature-gate:
http://scienceandpublicpolicy.org/images/stories/papers/originals/surface_temp.pdfhttp://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Scientists+using+selective+temperature+data+skeptics/2468634/story.html
Greenhouse-gate:
http://www.worldscinet.com/ijmpb/23/2303/S021797920904984X.htmlhttp://www.junkscience.com/Greenhouse/index.html
Greenland-gate:
http://www.cfact.org/a/886/Melting-the-facts-about-Greenlands-ice-sheet
IPCC-gate:
Scandal Deepens: UN IPCC Lead Author Turns on Pachauri: Calls for his Resignation – Declares IPCC 'tainted by political advocacy'http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2010/01/26/terence-corcoran-heat-wave-closes-in-on-the-ipcc.aspx
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,673944,00.html
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/19458
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/climatechange/7111525/UN-climate-change-panel-based-claims-on-student-dissertation-and-magazine-article.html
NASA-gate:
http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article.aspx?id=514429http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/dec/03/researcher-says-nasa-hiding-climate-data/
NODC-gate:
http://wattsupwiththat.com/2010/01/31/nodc-revises-ocean-heat-content-data/#more-15879
Climate crooks:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article7004936.ecehttp://www.cfact.org/a/1652/Monckton-names-names-on-Climategate
32,000 scientists:
http://www.oism.org/pproject/
Wall Street Journal Title.
If a bill gets written and heard on the floor - and goes to a vote - the public will benefit, even if it fails to get passed and sent to the Zero. And if the Zero vetoes the bill, and there are not enough votes to override - again - it puts forth the idea that the supporters of CAP AND TAX want to ignore the public - and ignore the fact that the science of AGW has been thoroughly discredited.
Then - when the people get a chance to vote - anyone associated with defeating the will of the people will be thrown out!!
Yeah, I should have guessed.
.....and yet she has ONLY worked in administrative positions in various state and federal agencies....never used any of those chemical engineering "smarts" to earn so much as a pack of gum in the industry.
I'll give you this, she seems smart enough to know she would be unmasked if she were to get a "real" job (even with AA) so she chose to "serve the people" instead.
I wonder what she earns at EPA and how it compares to salaries of commensurately lettered people in the industry?
Anyone who thinks that carbon dioxide is a pollutant, is a moron, and there's no other way to put it.
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