Posted on 11/05/2012 6:00:29 AM PST by varmintman
President Obama’s Environmental Protection Agency has devoted an unprecedented number of bureaucrats to finalizing new anti-coal regulations that are set to be released at the end of November, according to a source inside the EPA.
More than 50 EPA staff are now crashing to finish greenhouse gas emission standards that would essentially ban all construction of new coal-fired power plants. Never before have so many EPA resources been devoted to a single regulation. The independent and non-partisan Manhattan Institute estimates that the EPA’s greenhouse gas coal regulation will cost the U.S. economy $700 billion.
The rush is a major sign of panic by environmentalists inside the Obama administration. If Obama wins, the EPA would have another four full years to implement their anti-fossil fuel agenda. But if Romney wins, regulators will have a very narrow window to enact a select few costly regulations that would then be very hard for a President Romney to undo.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
Regulatory powers belong to the Executive. Every piece of legislation gives the Executive some level of regulatory power. There are often disputes about whether the Executive has exceeded its powers, but there is no question that a regulation made by the Executive can be undone by the Executive. All that is required is the political will. Hopefully we’ll soon find out if President Romney has the will to reign in the bloated, partisan bureaucracy - much of which survived 8 years of Bush Jr. and grew ever more huge, powerful and radical under Obama.
Civil Service-protected employees do not stand in Walmart Application lines. They are all-but GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES FOR LIFE.
it would not be Very Hard if the GOP didn’t run scared from the MSM and the rest of the Rats
PS. The people of West Virginia seem to have figured this out. Let’s see if the message gets through to coal country in Ohio and Pennsylvania. What part of “you are going to be out of a job” do they not understand?
“Rules” like this one need congressional approval.
Rat-bastard Manchin has bamboozled a lot of folks ... the NRA, for example, enthusiastically endorses the foul SOB.
I support John Raese for Senate.
Positions can be cut along w/budgets. RR have stated a plan to merge various Departments/Agencies, thereby downsizing the Federal Government. Those civil service employees can then go to the wait list and either take the first position that becomes vacant that they qualify for or not.
These coal states voted Obama in 2008. Isn’t this what they wanted?
You know what? It’s time the EPA was scared of us for a change.
Oh you guys are too harsh. There’s nothing wrong with the EPA, that eliminating that agency entirely wouldn’t fix. ;^)
Removal Procedure:
CRAs on each measure. Need 50% to throw them out...Congressional Review Authorizations. Just heard it on WLS radio Chicago with Jake Hartford and John Kas—they had a senator on talking about this very topic.
Republicans promised to abolish the Dept. of Education since Reagan. Once these things are established, they are forever. That is the fear with Obamacare.
I recall a statement made by Obama in reference to coal fired plants.”They can build them,but they’ll go bankrupt in the process”.Can’t remember when statement was made and doubt quote is verbatim but that was the essence of his statement.Does anyone else remember statement?
I recall a statement made by Obama in reference to coal fired plants.”They can build them,but they’ll go bankrupt in the process”.Can’t remember when statement was made and doubt quote is verbatim but that was the essence of his statement.Does anyone else remember statement?
Oops-double post.Major connectivity problems today.Is it just me?Or anyone else experiencing problems?
“what is the procedure for getting regulations overturned”
I don’t believe you want ‘to go there’. Although every one of the key indicators seem reveal that we will eventually.
Is that strictly up to the EPA or do they have to go thru congress?
If just the EPA, can Romney rescind any regulations they may implement?
Unfortunately, there are EPA’S, or EPA-like entities, in every State. The dirty little secret is that the Federal EPA, along with the States, actually fund the envirowackos to ‘study’ the environment and ‘recommend changes & regulations. This also needs to stop. We, and most life on Earth, are CARBON-BASED lifeforms. The envirowackos have managed to so bastardize science that now CO2 is considered evil. CO2 is PLANT FOOD!! Our schools now teach this envirowacko crap & brainwash our children that their parents are destroying the perfectly-balanced Gaia simply by living. Is it any wonder Paul Erlich is still considered a ‘wise sage’ at Stanford University? Everything in his book the Population Bomb has been proven false many times over, but the wackos still honor him, because he continues the meme that America, freedom, and free enterprise are all to blame for the trumped-up tragedies that in reality have not and never will, injure our environment.
Just as prolifers are no longer allowed in the DemocRAT party, anyone who does not spout the envirowacko meme is not welcome.
“Just curious if anyone knows what’s the procedure to abolish a federal agency like the EPA. Has it ever been attempted before?
I suspect the President could do a lot - such as refusing to appoint key members, refusing to spend the money Congress allocates, etc., but all that could be reversed by the next administration. I assume it would take action by Congress to completely eliminate an agency permanently.”
Just posted on another thread, but worth repeating here:
Particular emphasis should be placed on the EPA. Not only must we revoke their regulations since 2008, but we should actually “go back further”, with an intent to undo as much of the EPA as is possible, short of outright dismantlement of that agency. I would prefer to abolish the EPA, but realize that that is a pipedream. Short of that, we can “take their teeth away”, if we really wish to do so. Read on...
For the long-term, I would like to see some kind of legislation on a national scale, or perhaps even a possible Constitutional Amendment, that will reign in the regulatory monster. The thrust of the amendment should be to establish within the Constitution the concept that ONLY CONGRESS (emphasis intentional) has the power to pass both laws AND regulations — with the intent that any new regulations passed by ANY agency or administration of the United States cannot become effective until there is a full vote in Congress to validate them.
I doubt that such an amendment could be passed by an existing Congress. Perhaps it’s time to actually use that part of the existing Constitution, that provides for a Constitutional Convention arising from the state level, and bypassing the Congress altogether.
I’ll put the tin foil hat back on the table now...
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