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Va. AG Cuccinelli: 'Rogue' EPA Must Be Corralled
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Posted on 03/01/2012 12:52:01 PM PST by Gopher Broke

The Environmental Protection Agency is so out of control that it needs a major fix, Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli tells Newsmax.TV.

And a court case challenging the agency’s powers to limit greenhouse gases now before a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., could be just the remedy the agency needs, he said.

“I am cautiously optimistic that the court will send this back to the EPA to be fixed,” Cuccinelli said.

“I hope to fix it like a dog — snip — but that’s going to require a new president as well, so I hope the timing will work out well for that,” he said during the exclusive Newsmax.TV interview.

Virginia and Texas are leading efforts to challenge the EPA’s finding that greenhouse gases are pollutants that endanger health. A three-judge panel is being asked to determine whether states and industries must comply with regulations that curtail their output.

Companies including Massey Energy and business groups led by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce have joined the states in the challenge.

The states would not have brought the case if they did not expect to win, he said, adding, “It’s always hard to beat an agency because they get such tremendous deference in the courts.”

So much extra information came out after the EPA, which Cuccinelli described as “a rogue agency,” had made its ruling that the whole issue should be reopened. “It’s worth noting — if for nothing else, humor —that in rejecting it, the EPA issued a 360-page document explaining why they didn’t need to reopen the record.”

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TOPICS: US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: bhoepa; chu; climate; climatechange; climategate; cuccinelli; epa; globalwarminghoax; hero; radicalleft; va; virginia

1 posted on 03/01/2012 12:52:07 PM PST by Gopher Broke
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To: Gopher Broke

It needs to be taken to the slaughter house.


2 posted on 03/01/2012 12:55:20 PM PST by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: Gopher Broke

Speaking of regulations, how many of us know about the smart meters replacing our old water, gas and electric meters? Apparently, they cause fires, appliance melt down, illnesses, and invasion of privacy matters. Google it. smart meters.com they are not for our safety, but for control over us. They can be shut on or off by the companies who installed them.


3 posted on 03/01/2012 12:56:16 PM PST by Paperdoll (On the cutting edge)
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To: Gopher Broke

The states ought to be in charge of their own environmental business, not the Feds.


4 posted on 03/01/2012 12:56:55 PM PST by lurk
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To: lurk
The states ought to be in charge of their own environmental business, not the Feds.

Agreed, the only federal intervention should be the courts settling disputes between states. Monitoring within the states should be largely on a voluntary citizen basis.
5 posted on 03/01/2012 1:06:18 PM PST by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: Paperdoll
Speaking of regulations, how many of us know about the smart meters replacing our old water, gas and electric meters? Apparently, they cause fires, appliance melt down, illnesses, and invasion of privacy matters. Google it. smart meters.com they are not for our safety, but for control over us. They can be shut on or off by the companies who installed them.

Uh, the utility can already turn your service on or off. How else would you expect them to deal with people who don't pay their bill? As far as the privacy implications are concerned, I'll be VERY surprised if they can come up with any snoopology we can't defeat about 2 hours after it hits the street.

6 posted on 03/05/2012 7:52:19 PM PST by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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