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Texas fight with EPA grows with power-plant rule
Reuters ^ | July 7, 2011 | Eileen O'Grady

Posted on 07/07/2011 7:16:57 PM PDT by Clairity

Texas Governor Rick Perry and two top state regulators on Thursday blasted the U.S. environmental agency for including Texas in a rule to slash sulfur dioxide emissions from power plants, warning that the last-minute action could threaten the state's electric supply.

The Environmental Protection Agency finalized a rule to reduce air pollution from coal-fired power plants in states east of the Rocky Mountains.

"Today's EPA announcement is another example of heavy-handed and misguided action from Washington, D.C., that threatens Texas jobs and families and puts at risk the reliable and affordable electricity our state needs to succeed," said Perry,

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: coal; economy; energy; epa; govtabuse; perry; power; powerplants; regualations; regulations; tyranny
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The EPA under Obama, encouraged by him, won't stop until they totally kill and dismantle the US economy.
1 posted on 07/07/2011 7:17:05 PM PDT by Clairity
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2 posted on 07/07/2011 7:21:27 PM PDT by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: Clairity

May I ask and answer my own Quiestion?

Question:
What is the Congress doing to protect us from an agency ordered by Obama to shut us down and destroy our economy?

Answer: Nothing

We voted overwhelming for Republicans in 2010, Most of those are working for us. Where are the old timers?
Sitting around with their thumbs up their rear and watching us get the shaft.
Are we going to get rid of RINO’s in 2012?
If we don’t we may as well hang it up we will be part of the UN Global World Power by 2016. Broke ,Busted ,in debt up to Obama’s flappy ears, and on our way to Zimbabwe inflation.


3 posted on 07/07/2011 7:25:56 PM PDT by Venturer
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Shutting off our electricity during the hottest summer on record would be the surest way to kick off a legitimate secession movement.


4 posted on 07/07/2011 7:31:51 PM PDT by Clump (the tree of liberty is withering like a stricken fig tree)
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To: Clairity

I would be most surprised if every coal-fired plant in Texas does not already have SO2 scrubbers. Maybe the new rule is so restrictive none can meet the standards, which would not be a big surprise from this bunch of anti-Americans ACORN elected.


5 posted on 07/07/2011 7:32:04 PM PDT by dusttoyou ("Progressives" are wee-weeing all over themselves, Foc nobama)
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To: Clairity

The EPA under Obama, encouraged by him, won’t stop until they totally kill and dismantle the US economy.

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Or until diktat from the pustule on the Potomac is disregarded, and its agents are arrested for public disturbance. Whole civilizations do not lay down and die. They just don’t.

The nomenklatura and commissars in D.C. will one day find themselves as abject and powerless as did the nomenklatura and commissars in the Kremlin in 1991.

Sic semper tyrannis.


6 posted on 07/07/2011 7:32:31 PM PDT by Psalm 144 (We are not governed. We are occupied.)
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To: Clairity
END THE EPA NOW
7 posted on 07/07/2011 7:36:24 PM PDT by Marty62 (Marty60)
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To: Clairity

After tonights’ execution, obama will personally be leading the EPA to hammer Texas, in order to get even. This D-I-*-K holds major grudges.


8 posted on 07/07/2011 7:37:32 PM PDT by jmax
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Perry should kick the EPA out of Texas and warn King Obama.
9 posted on 07/07/2011 7:41:40 PM PDT by Logical me
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Congress should de-fund the EPA.


10 posted on 07/07/2011 7:46:28 PM PDT by Clairity ("The United States needs to be not so much loved as it needs to be respected." -- VP Dick Cheney)
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What I want to know is how long before a state has the guts to tell the Federal Government to stuff it, and assert their rights? What is the federal government going to do about it? Go against the states national Guard.


11 posted on 07/07/2011 7:46:46 PM PDT by Revel
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12 posted on 07/07/2011 7:48:30 PM PDT by Tex-Con-Man
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“What is the federal government going to do about it? Go against the states national Guard.”

Well, that all depends on who’ll line up on which side, doesn’t it. Could say this is pre-planned. CWII.


13 posted on 07/07/2011 7:52:50 PM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto.)
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The Environmental Protection Agency finalized a rule to reduce air pollution from coal-fired power plants in states east of the Rocky Mountains.

Didn't Pres. Obama say something to this effect: "You can burn coal if you want to, but if you do, you'll go bankrupt"?

14 posted on 07/07/2011 7:53:53 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie
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To: Tex-Con-Man

Downright eerie how Perry’s people talked about Merck product on same day Merck gave Perry money
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1790722/posts

Perry’s Trans-Texas Corridor plan is a hard sell
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1961128/posts

Senators: Perry evading law with expired appointments
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1889198/posts

Texas Eminent Domain Bill Vetoed By Govenor Perry
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1852635/posts

Campaign to impeach Gov. Perry launched online
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1884086/posts

Tempers Flare At Trans-Texas Corridor Hearing
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1969878/posts

Secretive Bilderberg meeting set for Turkey
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1842676/posts


15 posted on 07/07/2011 7:54:13 PM PDT by truthfreedom
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To: jmax

Barry makes Nixon look like a piker when it comes to grudges.


16 posted on 07/07/2011 7:55:52 PM PDT by Qbert ("The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry" - William F. Buckley, Jr.)
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To: truthfreedom
Trans-Texas Corridor, Gardasil and the Bildebergers.

2 things that never happened, and one that exists in your conspiratorial imagination.

17 posted on 07/07/2011 8:10:16 PM PDT by Tex-Con-Man
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To: Venturer
How much do you expect them to accomplish with one-half of one-third of the government?

Who have you contacted about reigning in the EPA through the budget process? Who, if anyone, has an EPA bill introduced?

18 posted on 07/07/2011 8:13:56 PM PDT by newzjunkey ("epa = employment prevention agency" - mitch daniels)
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To: Clairity

We’re getting real close to the Molon Labe line, imho.


19 posted on 07/07/2011 8:27:32 PM PDT by bboop (Stealth Tutor)
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To: truthfreedom

20 posted on 07/07/2011 8:30:15 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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