http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/cleanairact/ en-us Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:35:28 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413095/posts The climate campaign, built step-by-step over the last 20 years, has reached its Waterloo. The Copenhagen conference that ended Friday was an exercise in political theater. It not only failed to produce a binding agreement, but the potential emissions curbs it endorsed fall far below what climate orthodoxy demands, while the proposed wealth transfer from rich nations to poor nations is a political nonstarter. Back home, cap and trade legislation remains on life support, even though it has been significantly watered down so as to postpone real costs to consumers for a decade or more. In the midst of this... The Weekly Standard http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413095/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 17:35:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404157/posts Junk Science: The Environmental Protection Agency's sneak attack on the U.S. economy and our freedoms, curiously timed for the opening day of the Copenhagen climate charade, won't go unchallenged. Nor should it. (snip) EPA administrator Lisa Jackson, in a conversation with Sen. James Inhofe, ranking Republican on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, has in effect admitted the finding was based on the junk science and data manipulation practiced at Britain's East Anglia Climate Research Unit (CRU). "She told me that EPA accepted those findings without any serious independent analysis to see whether they were true," Inhofe said. Dr.... Investor's Business Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2404157/posts#comment Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:26:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2402876/posts I think we need to take a step back from the histronics surrounding the EPA announcement yesterday. Charles Krauthammer is correct in that this is a way to strong arm Congress into doing something. They are going after the egos of the Jim Webbs, Lindsey Grahams and John McCain. Let’s look at what the EPA CANNOT do: 1. They do not have the taxing authority of Congress, 2. The EPA cannot redistribute the wealth of this country the way congress can. 3. They have no way of making their political rulings permanent; another administration can overturn those rules. 4. Their... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2402876/posts#comment Tue, 8 Dec 2009 16:05:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402161/posts The EPA is about to announce that greenhouse gases endanger public health and welfare, something that has in many ways been inevitable since the boneheaded SCOTUS ruling in Mass. vs EPA (which essentially found that the Clean Air Act was always intended to be Kyoto-on-steroids.) With thanks to my colleague Will Yeatman, here's a brief summary of what this means, and why you should be appalled. Under the Clean Air Act, an “endangerment” finding means that the EPA will have to grant a waiver to those states (such as California) that want to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions from automobiles. The EPA... The Corner on National Review Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402161/posts#comment Mon, 7 Dec 2009 18:14:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402026/posts WASHINGTON – Officials tell The Associated Press that the Environmental Protection Agency has concluded greenhouse gases are endangering people's health and must be regulated. The EPA will announced its findings at a news conference Monday. The announcement is timed to boost the Obama administration's arguments at an international climate conference — beginning this week — that the United States is taking actions to combat global warming, even though Congress has yet to act on climate legislation. Under a Supreme Court ruling, the so-called endangerment finding is needed before the EPA can regulate carbon dioxide and five other greenhouse gases released... YAHOO http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2402026/posts#comment Mon, 7 Dec 2009 15:27:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2279976/posts Today Democrats are about to vote for the greatest tax increase in American history in a bill called the Clean Energy and Security Act. Oh they will call it Cap and Trade and they will tell Americans that it’s for the reduction of green house gases but let me assure you that there is only one reason that Democrats are hotly pursuing this cause, MONEY. Your money, you remember the Obama telling Steve Scully of C-Span that America is out of money? (previous post) (see 28sec video forgive poor quality) Well Democrat law makers have found a new revenue stream... Creating Orwellian Worldview http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2279976/posts#comment Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:44:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2250247/posts A memo released Tuesday shows an agency within the Obama administration objected to a landmark Environmental Protection Agency ruling on global warming, arguing that it was not based on sound science and could prove costly to businesses. The dispute concerns the EPA's so-called "endangerment finding," in which the agency has tentatively found carbon dioxide is dangerous enough as a greenhouse gas to warrant regulation under the Clean Air Act - a ruling that could force federal action to address climate change even if Congress fails to act. Critics, including some within the administration, argue that the Clean Air Act is... Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2250247/posts#comment Wed, 13 May 2009 20:29:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2245856/posts New federal greenhouse gas emission regulation could expose a raft of smaller emitters to litigation, a nominee for a key post in the Environmental Protection Agency told lawmakers Thursday. The potential for smaller emitters to be regulated under the Clean Air Act is one reason why business groups warn that EPA regulation of greenhouse gases could create a cascade of legal and regulatory challenges across a much broader array of sectors. The Obama administration has said that isn't their intent. Regina McCarthy, nominated to be EPA's Director of Air and Radiation, told lawmakers that even while the government has flexibility... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2245856/posts#comment Thu, 7 May 2009 03:39:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2238885/posts Whether you like it or not you will PAY for it and false warming prophets like Gorzilla will Profit from it! Because there's a gun to the head of the economy. The Obama Administration is in essence saying "Pass cap and trade or the economy gets it." That gun, is the Clean Air Act and the "finding" that greenhouse gasses pose an "endangerment" to people. So it's pass something awful (cap and trade/Waxman-Markey) or get something worse out of the EPA. This isn't democracy but extortion. It's carbonism, green fascism, and mob tactics in the name of "stopping" climate change... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2238885/posts#comment Mon, 27 Apr 2009 17:56:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2231777/posts This is where President Obama completely puts us under his boot heel as he will "cap-and-trade" America to its death. EPA finds greenhouse gases pose a danger to health By H. JOSEF HEBERT WASHINGTON – The EPA on Friday declared that carbon dioxide and five other greenhouse gases sent off by cars and many industrial plants "endanger public health and welfare," setting the stage for regulating them under federal clean air laws. Islam in Action http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2231777/posts#comment Fri, 17 Apr 2009 20:59:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2218676/posts Is the carbon dioxide that humans exhale a public danger? Yes, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The EPA has released an endangerment finding on carbon dioxide. The finding will allow the gas to be regulated under the Clean Air Act, something the Act was not intended to do when it was enacted over 30 years ago. Aggressive cap-and-trade measures are being debated on Capitol Hill and, if enacted, are rumored to rake in trillions of dollars for the federal government and raise the cost of living for Americans by thousands of dollars. Dan Simmons, the director of state... OneNewsNow http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2218676/posts#comment Tue, 31 Mar 2009 04:53:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2216722/posts The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted a "finding" to the White House Office of Management and Budget that will force the Obama administration to decide whether to limit greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act. If adopted, new laws and regulations will likely follow that have the potential to change our lifestyles and limit our freedoms. None of these laws and regulations will be preceded by debate. They will be imposed on us by fundamentalist politicians and scientists who have swallowed the Kool-Aid and declared global warming as fact - end of discussion. On the Discovery Channel last week,... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2216722/posts#comment Sat, 28 Mar 2009 09:11:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2215161/posts We all expect that there will be a contest in Congress this year over global warming and a "cap-and-trade" bill limiting carbon dioxide emissions. After all, the government cannot impose sweeping new controls on our lives without extensive public debate and a vote in Congress that must gain the support of a clear majority of the representatives of the people. Or can it? Yesterday, the EPA issued a "finding" that carbon dioxide is a pollutant that threatens human health and can thus be regulated under the 1990 Clean Air Act. This is a scientific farce. How can a basic constituent... Jewish World Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2215161/posts#comment Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:56:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2205903/posts Have we all suddenly gone mad? Have our wits suddenly deserted us? Has common sense been completely routed from our lives? The indications are not good. In a little-noticed verdict last week, a U.S. District Court of Appeals has decided that the Clean Air Act requires the Environmental Protection Agency to act against farmers who endanger public health by kicking up dust in the course of their business. Expect anti-dust regulations and fines to follow. For those unfamiliar with pastoral activities, allow me to enlighten: I grew up on a farm, and can personally attest that most types of agriculture... summit daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2205903/posts#comment Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:15:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2023839/posts The following petition has 2,200 signatures. Also please file any complaints with the FDA (Medwatch Reporting Form). Here is the link. https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/medwatch/medwatch-online.htm Find the blue Begin button to the right to start. Text of petition: The FDA, in compliance with the Montreal Protocol, has banned the use of life-saving CFC propellant albuterol asthma rescue inhalers in order to help restore the ozone layer, even though it has been widely acknowledged that these CFC inhaler emissions are too trivial to harm the ozone layer: Leslie Hendeles, University of Florida Professor of Pharmacy and Pediatrics, has noted that CFC inhalers release negligible... ipetitions.com & FDA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2023839/posts#comment Sat, 31 May 2008 02:26:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2124234/posts If you haven’t made up your mind who to vote for in tomorrow’s presidential election, I’m not sure that what I am about to tell you will help — but it just might. Both candidates told the web site sciencedebate2008 that they accept the scientific agreement that greenhouse gases from burning fossil fuels are changing the Earth’s climate. And both candidates have said they want to cap emissions produced by the burning of those fossil fuels.But only Barack Obama has said he would regulate CO2 as a pollutant under the Clean Air Act.President George W. Bush has declined to curb... Red Green and Blue http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2124234/posts#comment Tue, 4 Nov 2008 02:17:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2108573/posts Yesterday, Bloomberg.com reported that Barack Obama believes that carbon dioxide endangers human health and welfare and thinks it should be regulated using the Clean Air Act. What are the likely outcomes if carbon dioxide is regulated under the Clean Air Act? Regulating carbon dioxide means regulating the activities that emit carbon dioxide. In the United States, 85% of the energy we use comes from sources that emit carbon dioxide—coal, petroleum, and natural gas. Regulating these sources of energy will increase prices to consumers (e.g. electricity and gasoline)and reduce the economic efficiency of the economy, leading to job losses and large... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2108573/posts#comment Sat, 18 Oct 2008 02:17:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2086005/posts DALLAS (Sept. 19, 2008)- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has no evidence that greenhouse gas emissions are harming the environment, according to comments filed this week by Sterling Burnett, Senior Fellow at the National Center for Policy Analysis. The EPA is considering whether it should be regulating greenhouse gas emissions and whether the Clean Air Act is an effective way to do so. "Using the Clean Air Act to regulate greenhouse gases is not at all what the law was intended to do," Burnett said. "You're seeing a lot of regulation without any results." According to Burnett, laws intended to... Right Side News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2086005/posts#comment Fri, 19 Sep 2008 17:53:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2067768/posts New York and 11 other states are suing federal environmental regulators over greenhouse gas emissions from oil refineries, the New York attorney general's office said on Monday. The suit, led by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, charges that the Environmental Protection Agency violated the federal Clean Air Act by refusing to issue standards, known as new source performance standards, for controlling global warming pollution emissions from oil refineries. Note: Other states in the suit are California, Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington. New York City and Washington D.C. also joined in... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2067768/posts#comment Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:46:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2062106/posts A federal ban on ozone-depleting chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), to conform to the Clean Air Act, is, ironically, affecting 22.9 million people in the United States who suffer from asthma, says Scientific American. Generic inhaled albuterol -- the most commonly prescribed short-acting asthma medication that requires CFCs to propel it into the lungs -- will no longer be legally sold after December 21, 2008. As more patients see their prescriptions change and costs go up -- the reformulated brand-name alternatives can be three times as expensive, raising the cost to about $40 per inhaler -- many question why this ban must begin... ncpa.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2062106/posts#comment Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:21:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043995/posts Opponents of a massive new energy tax and federal bureaucracy breathed a small sigh of relief last month when the Lieberman-Warner climate tax bill went down in flames on the Senate floor, with even 10 Democrats breaking from the party line and saying, in writing, that they would have opposed the bill on final passage. Unfortunately, power-mad bureaucrats at the Environmental Protection Agency are undaunted. Empowered by an activist Supreme Court in the 5-4 Massachusetts v. EPA decision, the EPA is expected today to release a staggering document blueprinting a dizzying array of greenhouse gas regulatory programs under dozens of... GOPUSA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2043995/posts#comment Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:33:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1982177/posts WASHINGTON - The Pentagon hasn't made the case for exemptions from three environmental laws or provided examples of how military operations have been impeded by them, a congressional report said Friday. The Government Accountability Office report came after the Navy lost in court over training exercises it was conducting under an exemption to the Marine Mammal Protection Act. Environmentalists contended that the Navy's use of sonar could harm whales off the Southern California coast, and the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled March 2 that the Navy had to limit the sonar use. In a written response included in... AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1982177/posts#comment Fri, 7 Mar 2008 22:46:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1902802/posts A Kern County dairy violated the federal Clean Air Act when it built a new plant before obtaining an air permit and complying with the latest air pollution requirements, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. The Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment sued C&R Vanderham Dairy nearly two years ago in U.S. District Court in Fresno, claiming the dairy needed to apply for an air permit before beginning construction. The plaintiffs argued that volatile organic compounds in decomposing dairy manure, livestock feed, and cows' digestive systems contributed to the region's polluted air. The San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District... AP on Bakersfield Californian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1902802/posts#comment Thu, 27 Sep 2007 03:06:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1778334/posts The U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a slim summary today trimming down thousands of pages of its massive overall Fourth Scientific Assessment on global warming, which will be released in May. It is hoped that the "Summary for Policymakers" will be an accurate distillation. Hundreds of scientists have been involved in the review process, and it is safe to say that means hundreds of bored scientists, because there is very little in it that is scientifically new. For example, it will report with increasing certitude that humans are responsible for most of the surface warming that began in... Cato Institute http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1778334/posts#comment Sat, 3 Feb 2007 00:11:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1778259/posts San Francisco Bay area air quality regulators are proposing a mandatory ban on wood fires in fireplaces and stoves when the air is bad. Under the proposed rules, wood fires would be prohibited in the nine-county Bay Area on "Spare the Air" days — when air quality is expected to reach unhealthy levels. The Bay Area Air Quality Management District Board has asked its staff to draft rule options so it can hold hearings on a proposed ban this summer. AP via SFGate http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1778259/posts#comment Fri, 2 Feb 2007 22:21:49 GMT