Posted on 04/15/2013 9:54:02 AM PDT by Nachum
Having practically banned the construction of new coal plants, Environmental Protection Agency regulators may try to cap emissions from existing coal plants, according to the acting head of the agency. [T]hats certainly something that will be on the table in this next fiscal year, acting EPA administrator Bob Perciasepe told reporters last week, per Midwest Energy News, after saying that the EPA intends to start working with states on existing sources, but were not there yet. The EPA has already finalized New Source Performance standards, a regulation limits the how much carbon
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That shock to our energy supply should do wonders for the economic recovery that is now almost four years old.
Thanks Nachum.
Subverted, hell. William Ruckelshaus, the very first EPA Administrator, got DDT banned, resulting in the deaths of millions of people from malaria. The EPA has been a disaster from its inception.
That is true. I cannot help but think about West Virginia, a large coal mining state, in particular. That state consistently votes in liberals in the Congress; it's as though they have no idea about what they are doing...hmmm, I guess that's it.
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