Beam me to Planet Gore !
Posted on 12/24/2010 4:44:52 AM PST by tobyhill
The Environmental Protection Agency announced a timetable on Thursday for issuing rules limiting greenhouse gas emissions from power plants and oil refineries, signaling a resolve to press ahead on such regulation even as it faces stiffening opposition in Congress.
The agency said it would propose performance standards for new and refurbished power plants next July, with final rules to be issued in May 2012. Proposed emissions standards for new oil refineries will be published next December, it said, with the final rules due in November 2012; rules for existing plants would come later.
But the E.P.A. was vague on how stringent the rules would be and how deep a reduction in carbon dioxide emissions would result.
Gina McCarthy, the assistant administrator for air and radiation, said the rules would be “cost-effective” but the agency declined to be more specific, saying only that the agency would consider the costs and benefits of available control technologies.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
Patent 6904336 on Carbon Credits is secretly held by Fannie Mae and the DNC.
Don't hold your breath waiting for the MSM to report it
because David Gregory's wife (MS-DNC) is one of their lawyers.
All of this corruption in our government and we still are afraid to say it ? Abolish and replace. I will continue to stand on this belief, this principal until the rest of America wakes up and calls for action. This is crazy already. 1776 had it’s reasons and there is no reason we can’t stand on those words again.
Tyranny.
Right. I am a conservationist and do not mind pollution regulation and wildlife conservation. But that is not what the EPA is all about. I say get rid of em.
The EPA is a criminal organization running a global scam and is tied to the UN as well as the DNC and this administration. DEFUND IT until it can’t stand on it’s own and then kill it! We need to presuure our new reps and the old in the house, first order of business, defund these un elected agencies
The true test if the Republican majority in the House meant what they ran on.
Defund the FCC AND EPA. Everyone gets pinks slips. Sell all the buildings. Sent their (previous) responsibilities to the states.
Oh yeah, we get to kick some more of the bastards out...
So much for Obama becoming a moderate only interested in compromise.
I wonder...........what would happen if ordinary people, like you and me, just started filing lawsuits against all these illegal rules and regulations? Is there a freeper lawyer type that is willing to help out with the paperwork? If ya can’t beat ‘em, screw ‘em...
Oh great, they can set up a “regulatory structure” that will make building a new coal or gas power plant as hard as building a nuclear power plant.
And as energy prices skyrocket, will we hold the criminals responsible or just shrug our shoulders and think thats the way it is.
The EPA is a criminal organization running a global scam and is tied to the UN as well as the DNC and this administration.
You nailed it!
Anyone violating the law as defined by Congress is subject to arrest and prosecution. It’s time the Congress makes this clear to EPA and other commission administrators.
In 2000, I attended a scientific conference, and watched a lecture by a guy from the EPA.
He told of a catfish farm in Mississippi where the fish died. The EPA was called in to investigate. The fish had classic symptoms of dioxin poisoning. The investigation revealed that the clay used to bind their food pellets had dioxin in it (some clays have ~0.8% dioxin by weight, certainly enough to be lethal if ingested). The catfish food manufacturer had to switch to using a different clay in the food.
I have no problem with the EPA stepping in to investigate and find a solution for a real environmental problem, as they did in this example. But stepping in to “regulate” a natural gas which is a by-product of most chemical reactions, and is necessary for life—all for the purpose of exerting tyrannical control over the citizens of this country—that’s WAY out of bounds.
It’s time for the Republican congress to drastically cut their funding. Leave them enough to continue their scientific mission. If their scientists see a problem that’s so grave that only new laws can handle it (as if there aren’t enough laws), then let the scientists concerned go up before Congress and make their case. Then Congress can make the new laws.
He's done real well with that...
He's compromised the economy,
National Security
the currency
the energy industry
the car companies
The banking system
The health care system,
--just to hit a few of the high points.
Most people are not paying attention and, because most people are idiots, most that do notice will go into full denial mode.
People are generally quite willing and happy to be government slaves. To change that, they'd have to first acknowledge that they are slaves and no one wants to admit that.
Who owns the catfish farm? Why did he not bear the cost of the investigation? Why is it just for the federal government to take money from everyone and spend it to solve this catfish farmer's problem? Do the ends justify the means here?
Why was the catfish food manufacturer not responsible for the destruction of the farmer's property?
Why do we continue to use emotions and feelings (what you consider "no problem" or "way out of bounds", for example) to base our decisions upon? How about we step this up and use a firmer foundation for arguments rather than the fleeting whimsy of your emotions?
Look up "Natural rights". Look up "Property rights".
In this case, neither the farmer nor the catfish food manufacturer knew or could know that the clay being used was a source of dioxin. And why should the food manufacturer be responsible? Why not the owner of the quarry where the dioxin-laden clay was mined? You can’t tell by looking that the clay has a high level of dioxin; there is absolutely no way to tell without specialized equipment that no one in that supply chain is likely to have.
The type of clay, btw, is ball clay. If it was ever under a body of salt water, it has dioxin in it.
The EPA stepped in because this is a public health issue. Its role is parallel to that of the CDC, which tracks down illnesses caused by microorganisms or biological toxins.
Now, whether public health issues are a matter for the federal government is debatable. I believe it can be argued that such a function falls under the “general welfare” clause of the Constitution. A practical argument for it is that the federal government provides a central clearing house for information concerning public health matters. I’m sure libertarians would have different arguments.
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