Beam me to Planet Gore !
Posted on 10/28/2009 2:13:29 AM PDT by markomalley
The Environmental Protection Agency is taking steps to regulate greenhouse gases, even though the issue remains far from settled in Congress, where a key Senate committee is debating a major climate change bill.
In hearings before the Senate Environment and Public Works committee Tuesday, several moderate Democrats expressed concerns that the EPA is jumping the gun in mandating new curbs on greenhouse gas emissions across a slew of industries.
“There is a great deal to be gained by certainty so people can make plans,” said Pennsylvania Democratic Sen. Arlen Specter. “If the EPA continues to have flexibility we don’t know where we are.”
The EPA proposed new regulations on greenhouse gas emissions from large industrial sources in a rule published by the Federal Registry late last week.
The so-called “tailoring” rule would force power plants, waste landfills, and other plants emitting over 25,000 tons of greenhouse gases a year to obtain permits demonstrating that they are using the best technology to minimize their emissions.
EPA estimates that 14,000 major polluters would need to get the permits. Small business, farms, restaurants and other small businesses would be exempt from the regulations.
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I’m going to vote for the candidate who promises to defund EPA and implode their building. It would be a good start.
I get nauseated every time I read that. These are the people who make our lives better, easier, more comfortable, etc. They will move to China if they can, and if not, they will pass on the taxes to what is left of our middle class. Net effect on "climate": zero.
Well, I guess you won’t need to vote then.
You may be right. This may be a gift to the opposition.
“Well, I guess you won’t need to vote then.”
If voting worked it would be illegal.
According to Alinski (Rules for Radicals, the Oboma administrations Bible), the middle class is the enemy. Oboma "says" everything he does is to "save" the middle class. In fact, everything he does is the exact opposite. That is the plan according to their own rule book.
The EPA is an unnecessary liberal luxury not enumerated in the Constitution. It should be disbanded and the funding put to better use.
The Clean Air Act is set up to regulate smog gasses and the 250 ton limit is correct.
When SCOTUS said regulate CO2 within the Clean Air Act, then strictly/legally speaking EPA would have to regulate any and every one who emits more than 250 tons of CO2.
But 250 tons of a smog gas and 250 tons of a climate gas are different animals. A church or a large office building will emit 250 tons of CO2.
So, rather than apply the lower more stringent standard, and make many, many suffer under the 260 ton reg and turn public opinion against EPA, EPA decided to "tailor" the reg, or change it to 25,000 tons so it affects only the largest emitters(14,000).
But, EPA doesn't have the legal authority to make that change, only Congress does.
So, if EPA does tailor the reg and enforce the 25,000 ton emitters, then the large emitters will sue EPA saying that EPA has to enforce the 250 ton emitters, which will turn public opinion.
“It also isn’t surprising that regulators are charging ahead to regulate, control, assess, and badger anyone they can with whatever power they have now.”
they forget for whom they work...
I haven’t read Rules, but what does it say about unions? Obviously they are both a socialist tool to consolidate power but also potential middle class members.
Let the lawsuits begin...
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