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Judges Overturn Bush Bid to Ease Pollution Rules
NY Times ^ | 18 Mar 06 | MICHAEL JANOFSKY

Posted on 03/21/2006 3:49:54 PM PST by I got the rope

WASHINGTON, March 17 — A federal appeals court on Friday overturned a clean-air regulation issued by the Bush administration that would have let many power plants, refineries and factories avoid installing costly new pollution controls to help offset any increased emissions caused by repairs and replacements of equipment.

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TOPICS: Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cleanairact; environment; pollution
Judith W. Rogers and David Tatel... Clinton appointees, Janice Rogers Brown....George W. Bush.

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Didn't see this posted, but this is important folks. Electricity is expensive right now...it's about to go go through the roof!

1 posted on 03/21/2006 3:49:56 PM PST by I got the rope
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To: I got the rope

If the Republicans had any gonads, the Senators would introduce a bill supporting the President, and it passes, back to that stupid judge. That is why we have to take the judges out of politics.


2 posted on 03/21/2006 4:02:21 PM PST by Logical me (Oh, well!!!)
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To: Logical me

Actually, this has nothing to do with taking judges out of politics. We simply need the republican-controlled house and senate to act like republicans and fix the law to make sense, so the regulation follows the law.


3 posted on 03/21/2006 4:25:46 PM PST by CharlesWayneCT
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To: DaveLoneRanger

I thought this was ping worthy. The Envirowackos are going to bankrupt this economy.


4 posted on 03/21/2006 8:32:38 PM PST by I got the rope
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To: I got the rope

Judges who rule that bureaucrats have to follow the law and not just make stuff up. I thought those were an extinct species.


5 posted on 03/22/2006 1:42:50 PM PST by steve-b (A desire not to butt into other people's business is eighty percent of all human wisdom)
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To: I got the rope

How exactly do judges rule on executive regulations which are not laws?


6 posted on 03/22/2006 1:44:42 PM PST by Centurion2000 (Islam's true face: http://makeashorterlink.com/?J169127BC)
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