Posted on 09/02/2009 6:23:59 PM PDT by Kaslin
Mayflies are, by scientific classification, not long for this world. They belong to the order Ephemeroptera which means, roughly, "short lived, winged creatures." In their adult form they live for a day. During that day, the Appalachian mayfly's primary function seems to be: Annoy hikers.
They may soon serve a second, far more annoying function if President Obama's Environmental Protection Agency has its way. Emboldened by Obama's campaign pledge to "bankrupt" coal, EPA regulators have been aggressive of late. Bug protection may well give them an excuse to wreck coal mining in Appalachia.
Why? Because recent research suggests that discharge into streams of dissolved solids from surface coal mining in the Appalachian Mountains diminishes mayfly populations. That doesn't necessarily mean fewer bugs overall.
Interestingly, other research suggests that the total number of insects in affected streams is not substantially reduced. Hardier insect populations thrive in the absence of mayflies. Yet the EPA alleges that smaller mayfly populations are an "impairment" of "water quality."
In the past, decisions as to whether discharges from a proposed surface coal mine affect "water quality" were delegated to state regulators pursuant to the state primacy process developed by Congress.
Since Obama took office, however, the EPA has seized control of the permitting process so it can reinterpret the definition of "water quality" to better accommodate the mayfly.
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ping to read later
The union rank-in-file voted Obama in, they won't do it again.
The alarm bell was rung over a year ago yet the people are only now beginning to heed it.
I have a few really interesting bugs that I can catch in the house here. Can I go to WV and get a great job for ‘em?
You have to ask KKK Byrd for that.
The list of those who regret voting for zerobama getting larger every day
Mayflies aren’t exactly endangered. I was hoping to find a picture of how they cover entire towns along the Mississippi during a hatch but came up with this radar image instead:
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/arx/images/mayfly.jpg
I never saw one underground or on Tyler Mountain.
And I guarantee you that upstate NY'ers(my next stint after coal mining) would support any industry that killed black flies.
Quitcherbitchen.
They will vote for the rat’s again. They are brain washed by the Union.
“Emboldened by Obama’s campaign pledge to “bankrupt” coal, EPA regulators have been aggressive of late. Bug protection may well give them an excuse to wreck coal mining in Appalachia.”
Just more of the Obama strategy of incrementalism. After Obama bankrupts coal, he intends to bankrupt the mayflies.
IBD publishes so many important editorials which can lead only to the inescapable impression that we are under siege by the people in power in DC. They have had a game plan ready for decades and are implementing it as fast as possible, in every possible area of control of our lives.
When are the GOP spokesfolks going to speak up??
/agonized cry
Their primary function is to feed trout and provide fly fishermen some fantastic sport during a hatch. Some people don't know where their priorities are!
Palin is doing the best she can, ditto Bachman, but there just aren’t very many of them. Take heart though, because the population of this country is finally starting to get it, this guy is dangerous.
It is a race between the speed of their treachery and the reaction time of the waking population.
The winner is quite uncertain at this time. The pollsters seem to be pointing in a positive direction, I hope!
for another change!
What should Obama care what the coal miners think? Both West Virginia and Kentucky voted for McCain—he doesn’t need them.
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