Beam me to Planet Gore !
Posted on 02/13/2011 2:33:10 PM PST by Qbert
A government spending bill authored by House Republicans that would block funding for the Environmental Protection Agency's pending climate rules is "irresponsible and reckless," a "preliminary analysis" of the legislation being circulated by the administration says.
"The impacts of some language would be far wider than they intend," the analysis, obtained by The Hill from a source in the administration, says.
The analysis represents an initial effort by the administration to push back against the legislation, which would cut spending by $100 billion when compared to President Obama's 2011 budget request. The bill would also cut the EPA's budget by $3 billion. If passed, the bill would fund the government through the end of the fiscal year. The legislation would create wide-spread industry uncertainty, delay the construction of new projects and result in job losses, the analysis says.
"[T]he [government spending bill] would undo all of the reasonable, common-sense steps EPA has taken to give certainty to American business re: carbon pollution permitting – and would compromise the plans of any company anywhere in the United States to build a new factory or expand an existing one," the analysis says.
The government spending bill would expose the EPA to litigation because the agency would not be able to issue greenhouse gas permits for new facilities.
"Therefore, remarkably, the result of this rider would be to throw all attempted large, job-creating construction projects across the country into great uncertainty – a completely irresponsible and counter-productive step given the nation’s economic situation," the analysis says.
The analysis also addresses other key provisions in the government spending bill. A provision in the bill blocking the EPA from retroactively vetoing Clean Water Act permits would also have wide-ranging effects, the analysis says.
The provision was added into the government spending bill after the EPA vetoed a permit for a major mountaintop removal mine project in West Virginia. The move enfuriated Republicans, who argue that such efforts create industry uncertainty.
But the analysis says the effort threatens public health.
"More than 1/3 of the population – 117 million Americans – gets their drinking water from sources fed by waters that may lack protection under the CWA – the [government spending bill] would make it impossible for EPA to protect those waters and the health of Americans who rely on them," the analysis says.
The government spending bill would also prevent the administration from implementing the Energy Star program, which deals with appliance efficiency, and a major biofuels program, the analysis says.
Makes my heart sing. Happy Valentine’s Day America.
Behold the enemies within outing themselves for one and all to see. 2012 here We The People come.
CUT THE MONEY!!!!
STARVE THE EPA BASTIDS!
Keep your spines hard!
LOL. So the Regime thinks that this bill will stop them from creating jobs. Given their track record, maybe stopping them from trying to create jobs just might result in some jobs actually being created.
Too bad, so sad. Shove stuff down our throat, now it’s payback time.
The administration is anti-America, irresponsible
and reckless. They need to be defunded and set
out to pasture.
Obama, Gore and all the other Marxists are beginning to squeal like stuck pigs because this will take away billions of their confiscated taxpayer money.
I love it - keep up the good work in the House!
What about Gipper Obama? What about his “Reagan moment”. What a fraud!
yitbos
Squeal you damned pigs. The slaughter is coming
Exactly the opposite of the truth. The only "certainty" that the new EPA regulations would supply is the certainty that new industrial capacity would be transferred to other nations.
Right, would throw the greenjobs, which are necessary, underthe bus.
I think this is a good move.
No compromise....
How about defunding the EPA completely? Current cuts are a good start but the aim needs to be starving to death this and all unnecessary government beasts. HHS, HUD and the Education Dept. need to be the next government behemoths on the list slated for extinction.
Well, want some shovel ready jobs? How about all those new coal fired plants that are ready to go? Coal mines that were nixed? Drilling ready to go? Pipelines ready to be laid?
Gee, there might even be some lumber companies ready to crank up.
yitbos
Good to see you again.
“I think this is a good move.
No compromise....”
- Exactly. This isn’t 2005 anymore- sensible, thinking people have rejected the global warming myth. The people are with the GOP on this one.
On the high speed train wreck.
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