Posted on 07/01/2010 3:43:51 PM PDT by bobsunshine
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday officially overturned a 16-year-old Texas air permitting program it says violates the Clean Air Act, leaving some of the country's largest refineries in a state of limbo.
The move comes after years of backdoor bickering, negotiations and public arguments between the EPA and Texas. The argument recently escalated from a battle over environmental issues into a heated political dispute over states' rights.
Gov. Rick Perry has been using it to drive home his contention that President Barack Obama's administration is overreaching, saying in a statement Wednesday that "Texas will continue to fight this federal takeover of a successful state program."
The EPA's decision, announced in a statement, will force some 125 refineries and petrochemical plants to invest millions of dollars to get new permits. Many of the plants may also have to invest in updates to comply with federal regulations.
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These commies are doing as much as they can to damage the Red States before Nov.
Another shakedown, eh?
I wish that we could just cease sales of petroleum products to the Blue states.
The EPA is a criminal entity under this lamearse Jack Squat admninistration and I would encourage multiple levels of criminal investigations into the EPA and members of this Jack Squat idiot-ridden administration. Bet.
Texas better hurry up and get this before the Supreme Court before Kagan is sworn in!
Texas should designate all petroleum products as “not for export” outside the state and tell the EPA to shove it.
Tell the EPA to piss off, what are they goin to do about it?
Each day I think I could not hate these b@stards anymore than I already do and each day they prove me wrong.
The last I heard, the State Attorney General was going to haul the EPA into court over this.
“Texas will continue to fight this federal takeover of a successful state program”
This is what’s REALLY happening here guys:
I don’t care for EPA thuggery either. But RINO Rick is more interested in protecting the turf of his big bidness contributors, who could be really harmed by the EPA decrees.
Why hasn’t ol Rick endorsed SB1070. Same reason as above. Because it threatens the sacred cow profits of his wealthy backers. Illegals are a gravy train.
This WILL be Ricks LAST term. Texas conservatives are tired of his RINO A$$.
If the commerce clause covers a farmer growing grain to feed his own animals it will probably cover that too.
It’s going to be a long hot summer around the USA.
Another deliberate attempt to destroy the energy sector in this country and turn the US into a third world Sh*thole by the Obama administration.
Say "free" not "red".
The red commies in the media have you parroting their propaganda that the socialist states are "blue".
I guess it will take an RNC Chairman that isn't retarded to make that point.
You’ll be voting for Bill White, then?
No, the Marxist-in-chief wants to destroy this nation utterly. Once this nation lies in complete ruin, he fancies that he will be made dictator-for-life by the same worthless welfare parasites that brought about the destruction in the first place.
Bet it would win in the Supreme Court under the States Rights clause.
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