Posted on 04/21/2010 6:49:24 AM PDT by EBH
A historic agreement reached between environmental and public health organizations and EPA will regulate the toxic air emissions from the nation’s existing and new coal- and oil-fired electric power plants to the maximum achievable extent. The agreement was approved by U.S. District Court Judge Rosemary Collyer of the District of Columbia after a public hearing held on April 13, 2010. Under the terms of the agreement, national standards will be finalized by November 16, 2011.
“EPA’s own data show that coal- and oil-fired power plants are the largest unregulated industrial emitters of toxic air emissions, including mercury, arsenic, nickel, chromium, cadmium, acid gases, and dioxins. EPA has been in a position to regulate this industry since 2000, and this landmark decision is a huge win in creating a healthier environment for all Americans,” said Ann B. Weeks, who represented environmental and public health plaintiffs The Ohio Environmental Council, Natural Resources Council of Maine, Izaak Walton League of America, Environment America, and Conservation Law Foundation, at the oral argument before the court.
“We welcome the court’s decision,” said Earthjustice attorney James Pew, who represented Sierra Club and Environmental Defense Fund in the case. “It ends the litigation and lets the real work begin: cleaning our air and water of the toxins that coal- and oil-fired power plants have been filling them with for far too long.”
Other attorneys on the briefs included John Suttles of the Southern Environmental Law Center, for the American Nurses Association and Physicians for Social Responsibility; John Walke for the Natural Resources Defense Council; Jon Mueller for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation; and Scott Edwards for Waterkeeper Alliance.
Yeah, because we all know about republicrats long history of repealing dem power grabs. Why they got rid of social security, medicare, the DoE, all of that good stuff. Yup they sure did. They’ll get on this too.... just wait.
None of this needs to go through congress. Congress isn’t involved and the “court” has ruled. This means we have to work to overturn it with legislation. This is harder than just trying to stop straight up legislation.
bttt
That is like three robbers deciding which bank they are going to rob.
If you believe that the EPA under Obama will limit their guidelines to that, I have a bridge to sell you.
The EPA can establish a more stringent standard when it makes economic, environmental, and public health sense to do so.
Note that they can create more stringent standards, no 0bama needed.
Obama: I’ll make energy prices “skyrocket”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2122644/posts
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Obama/Joe Biden “No Coal Plants Here in America”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2122724/posts
youtube.com ^ | November 2, 2008
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Sarah’s Slamming Obama on Bankrupting the Coal Industry (Campaign Rally - Marietta Ohio)
VIDEO: http://www.c-spanarchives.org/library/includes/templates/library/flash_popup.php?pID=282185-1&clipStart=&clipStop
She’s telling them to listen to the tape
SHOCK Audio Unearthed OBAMA TELLS SAN FRANCISCO HE WILL BANKRUPT THE COAL INDUSTRY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hdi4onAQBWQ
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Former Secretary of State, Lawrence Eagleburger: “Obama Is A Charlatan .. If he’s elected, God help us.”
VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kt0FrgAA0cw
[ Definition of Charlatan: A flamboyant deceiver; one who attracts customers with tricks or jokes. One who prates much in his own favor, and makes unwarrantable pretensions; a quack; an impostor; an empiric; a mountebank. Definition of Mountebank: One who mounts a bench or stage in the market or other public place, boasts of his skill in curing diseases, and vends medicines which he pretends are infallible remedies; a quack doctor. ]
I agree this court ruling is catastrophic for our nation.
Add onto it that the EPA can essentially create whatever standard they want and no one can really stop them! If they make more stringent regulations than the standard, the EPA can’t repeal it later. It will take an Act of Congress or God to get the bad regulations overturned.
Sure he said all that, he talked about all that, but it took only a court ruling to make it happen! Even if we get control back in November 0bama won’t sign any legislation against the EPA.
This is a horrible turn of events.
You bet. Our power comes from a coal-fired Utah plant, so my bill will double.
All your electricity are belong to 0bummer.
How long before the elite cannot get their lights to go on??
How long before the elite cannot get their lights to go on??
Regulating stronger power plant emission controls during an economic crisis is like shuffling deck chairs on the Titanic, only more sinister.
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