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A win for Perry could mean trouble for EPA
Tucson Sentinel ^ | 8-21-2011 | Kate Galbraith

Posted on 08/21/2011 4:21:48 PM PDT by smoothsailing

August 21, 2011

A win for Perry could mean trouble for EPA

Presidential candidate targets agency

Kate Galbraith
Texas Tribune

In the opening days of his presidential campaign, Texas Gov. Rick Perry has railed against a favorite target, the Environmental Protection Agency, and declared himself a “skeptic” that humans are the cause of global warming.

If Perry wins the White House, his national energy policy will focus on cutting federal regulations, especially at the EPA, said his spokesman, Mark Miner. Miner wrote in an email to the Tribune:

"The governor's energy priorities will be centered around scaling back the EPA's intrusive, misguided and job-killing policies, which will empower states to foster their own energy resources without crippling mandates and open the doors for our nation to pursue and strengthen an all-of the above energy approach. America is rich in energy resources, both traditional and renewable, and those resources should all be utilized so we can decrease our dependence on foreign energy sources and help generate greater job growth, which our nation desperately needs. Under Gov. Perry's leadership, Texas has remained the nation's leader in energy production, all while cleaning its air more than most other states and protecting jobs. As president, he will apply the same priorities on a national level, with a focus of empowering the states to regulate their own energy industries and make decisions that are the best fit for their respective state."

To unpack what this means, it is worth reviewing Perry’s record on energy, a huge driver of the Texas economy. One theme that Perry often emphasizes, and that Miner suggested would help shape a nationwide policy, has been energy diversification. Over Perry’s decade as governor, natural gas drilling has surged, and wind last year supplied nearly 8 percent of the electricity on the Texas grid, up from less than 1 percent in 2000, when Perry took office. The state’s first biomass power plant began operating this month, and, contrary to the national trend, Perry has also backed construction of new coal-fired power plants. He has, however, stopped short of supporting incentives for solar power.

States’ rights are another Perry talking point, and he has spoken out against federal constraints on coal, oil and gas, as well as against a federal ethanol-blending mandate.

Many of the changes — the gas and wind booms, for example — might have happened with or without the governor. But he has had a hand in advancing them....

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: epa; perry; regulations; rickperry
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1 posted on 08/21/2011 4:21:54 PM PDT by smoothsailing
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To: smoothsailing

And the downside of that would be......what??


2 posted on 08/21/2011 4:23:20 PM PDT by kevslisababy
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To: smoothsailing

I also heard that puppies and kittens are at risk if Perry gets the nod.


3 posted on 08/21/2011 4:24:08 PM PDT by Raycpa
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To: shield; Cincinatus' Wife

ping!


4 posted on 08/21/2011 4:25:25 PM PDT by smoothsailing
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To: steelyourfaith

Ping.


5 posted on 08/21/2011 4:26:04 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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To: smoothsailing

If she decides NOT to run for the WH..I’d love to see her as SecEnergy


6 posted on 08/21/2011 4:26:55 PM PDT by ken5050 (Should Christie RUN in 2012? NO!!! But he should WALK 3 miles every day.)
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To: kevslisababy

I hope and pray Perry has the opportunity to dismantle Obamas machine in DC.


7 posted on 08/21/2011 4:27:20 PM PDT by mylife (OPINIONS ~ $ 1.00 HALFBAKED ~ 50c)
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To: smoothsailing

THAT’S enough to vote for the guy right there!!!


8 posted on 08/21/2011 4:27:46 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion is the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: smoothsailing

I sure would love to see the maggots down at the EPA being shown the door. They’ve got too much power that they aren’t supposed to have.


9 posted on 08/21/2011 4:28:19 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Americans need to wean their government off of its dependence on foreign money.)
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To: Raycpa

Well, nobody’s perfect.... :)


10 posted on 08/21/2011 4:28:39 PM PDT by smoothsailing
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To: mylife

It will be fun to watch!!


11 posted on 08/21/2011 4:28:47 PM PDT by MissyMa
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To: kevslisababy

I wonder if there is anything that would prevent him from furloughing them every other week or putting them on a two day work week to save money? I’d love to heal the whining from all of the GS14 lawyers who go from a $10,000 monthly paycheck to a $4,000 one.


12 posted on 08/21/2011 4:29:51 PM PDT by MSF BU (YR'S Please Support our troops: JOIN THEM!)
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To: kevslisababy

I wonder if there is anything that would prevent him from furloughing them every other week or putting them on a two day work week to save money? I’d love to heal the whining from all of the GS14 lawyers who go from a $10,000 monthly paycheck to a $4,000 one.


13 posted on 08/21/2011 4:29:57 PM PDT by MSF BU (YR'S Please Support our troops: JOIN THEM!)
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To: MissyMa

If we give him the opportunity, He WILL do it.
He has been no Obama from day one on this issue.


14 posted on 08/21/2011 4:30:10 PM PDT by mylife (OPINIONS ~ $ 1.00 HALFBAKED ~ 50c)
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To: smoothsailing

Its spelled purrfect


15 posted on 08/21/2011 4:31:05 PM PDT by Raycpa
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To: smoothsailing

One main reason I’m a Rick Perry fan is I think he will eviscerate the EPA. Nuke it and fire every last liberal money grubbing parasite.

Texas has been a major EPA victim. EPA is threatening to severely regulate oil refinery emissions and ruin its coal burning power plants. Perry has already said global warming is a scam so he seems like the right man to nullify the EPA


16 posted on 08/21/2011 4:31:39 PM PDT by dennisw (NZT -- works better if you're already smart)
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To: kevslisababy

I certainly see none.


17 posted on 08/21/2011 4:31:39 PM PDT by smoothsailing
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To: Cincinatus' Wife; RoosterRedux; jonrick46; deepbluesea; RockinRight; TexMom7; potlatch; ...

a Perry Ping.....


18 posted on 08/21/2011 4:33:20 PM PDT by shield (Rev 2:9 Woe unto those who say they are Judahites and are not, but are of the syna GOG ue of Satan.)
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To: smoothsailing

Chalk up another one for Perry.


19 posted on 08/21/2011 4:33:36 PM PDT by Conservativegreatgrandma
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To: smoothsailing

It’d be nice if he spelled trouble for the other bureaucracies, too!


20 posted on 08/21/2011 4:36:43 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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