Posted on 04/10/2008 12:15:50 PM PDT by Shermy
he globe is warming quickly. Congress is moving slowly.
's the idea behind a new study from a team of researchers at the University of Colorado law school, who worked full time for nearly six months on a project that could help the next U.S. president make sweeping climate-change policies -- fast. The new report probes the edges of executive orders and lays out the authority the next president could use to introduce global-warming policies without waiting for legislation to wind its way through the notoriously slow congressional machine.
"Given the extreme importance of climate change, this is a way for the next president to be able to take rapid action," said Kevin Doran, a researcher at CU's Center for Energy and Environmental Security.
Executive orders -- and other proclamations issued by the president with the weight of law -- derive their power from a murky constellation of legislation, vague constitutional mentions and a tangled body of precedent. In the past, executive ordershave been issued to deal with an expansive array of issues -- from George W. Bush's executive order last summer to ensure that stem-cell research proceeds in ethically responsible ways, to an order by William Howard Taft in 1913 reserving lands in Nevada for the use of the Paiute and Shoshone people.
"It was an absolute nightmare to find out all of this -- information was scattered and extremely variegated in terms of the quality," Doran said. "You'd think you'd be able to find the listings of all the executive orders that have been released."
But you can't. Or, rather, now you can, if you want to know about executive orders dealing with energy and the environment.
The new report, "The Boundaries of Executive Authority: Using Executive Orders to Implement Climate Change Policy," lists hundreds of executive orders -- and the basis for each order's authority -- that could be used to combat global warming.
"We're defining the playground in which the president can play," said Alaine Ginocchio, lead author of the paper.
Ginocchio said the authority to give an executive order won't necessarily translate into action. With history as a guide, she knows that the philosophy of the president has influenced how many and what kind of executive orders a president will use. But, even if the new president does use executive orders to, for example, enter into international agreements or stop certain kinds of high-carbon fuels from entering the country, that doesn't mean the order will stick.
"A president can't issue an executive order that goes against a statute," Ginocchio said. "Congress can stop you with a veto-proof vote, or Congress can choose not to fund it."
The report is part of a
larger project, the Presidential Climate Action Project,
which has created "a bold, comprehensive and non-partisan plan for presidential
leadership rooted in climate science," according to its Web site, www.climateactionproject.com.
A link to the CU report can be found at www.colorado.edu/law/eesi.
I was just thinking that we need the government to start legislating climate change. It does such a good job in other matters.
“We’re defining the playground in which the president can play,” said Alaine Ginocchio, lead author of the paper.
Lemme guess...install the cap and trade monstrosity by calling it an emergency measure!
I’d like to know the major donors of this CU “project.” Merrill Lynch? Lehman Bros?
We are so screwed.
Have to fast track it because soon the truth will be out and the fraud exposed. Snowiest winter here in a century, terrible cold rainy spring and still these idiots insist the planet has a fever. Solar cycle 24 still on vacation boys, if mr. sun doesn’t start up soon we could be facing an ice age!
“Stroke of the pen. Law of the land. Kinda cool.”
—Clinton presidential aide Paul Begala, July 1998
The arrogance of the Left knows no bounds.
Same story, different place.
Next President Will Have Ample Authority to Act on Climate Change, New Study Finds
Measures the president could implement under executive authority include:
— A cap-and-trade system for carbon emissions;
— Limits on greenhouse gas emissions for the nation’s largest energy consumer, the federal government;
— Specific targets for federal agencies to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions;
— A program to use the federal procurement system to create a vast new market for climate-friendly goods and services;
— Agreements with other nations to further international collaboration on climate action, and;
— New national goals and timetables for improving energy efficiency, increasing the use of renewable energy resources, reducing petroleum consumption and implementing other climate-critical actions.
The full study can be found at:
http://www.climateactionproject.com/docs/CEES_PCAP_Report_Final_Feb_08.pdf
The Presidential Climate Action Project is a nonpartisan initiative of the Wirth Chair at the University of Colorado Denver School of Public Affairs. The project, which is advised by a coalition of climate scientists and policy experts, released a preliminary action plan last December proposing more than 300 presidential actions that could be initiated within 100 days of taking office.
Sounds like a prescription for finishing off the economy -- fast.
Click on POGW graphic for full GW rundown
New!!: Dr. John Ray's
GREENIE WATCH
The Great Global Warming Swindle Video - back on the net!! (click here)
Ping me if you find one I've missed.
>>>>>the authority the next president could use to introduce global-warming policies without waiting for legislation
Some ideas.
-Mileage limits per family.
-Metered Water Allowances including toilet flushes.
-Electricity cutoffs after a certain point.
-State limits on number of applicances per household.
Give me time, I’ll think of more.
Article I. Section 1. US Constitution:
All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.
Yet I can find no authority for EO's. Can any out there offer me some help and guidance?
Hurry up and get us our millions before the truth comes out that Global Warming is a big sham.
The worthless f#$king parasites pushing this crap want it fast-tracked to they can scam huge amounts of money before everybody realizes it’s all bullshit and a scam.
That’s what I was thinking.
It’s becoming apparent that Global Warming is a fraud whose intent is simply to implement global socialism,
so they have to get the laws into place before the gig is up.
Executive orders, unlike laws, apply only to the executive branch of the federal government. While EOs may affect how the executive branch interacts with the country, they do not apply directly to anyone outside of the executive branch.
POGW - arrgh! losing mind already...
Please see ping graphic above.
And the lawyers are giving that same Administration the tools for implementing socialism.
But where does the authority come from. Certainly not the Constitution. And what about when the EO effects or has the potential to effect every man, woman, and child in the country such as EO 11490?
And while I know that much of 11490 has been repaled or amended, it is still around only in many EO's instead of one.
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