Posted on 02/03/2014 4:33:29 PM PST by dynachrome
The impacts of EPA’s ruling will affect many families. According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2011 survey statistics, 2.4 million American housing units (12 percent of all homes) burned wood as their primary heating fuel, compared with 7 percent that depended upon fuel oil.
Local governments in some states have gone even further than EPA, not only banning the sale of noncompliant stoves, but even their use as fireplaces. As a result, owners face fines for infractions. Puget Sound, Washington is one such location. Montréal, Canada proposes to eliminate all fireplaces within its city limits.
Only weeks after EPA enacted its new stove rules, attorneys general of seven states sued the agency to crack down on wood-burning water heaters as well. The lawsuit was filed by Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island and Vermont, all predominately Democrat states. Claiming that EPA’s new regulations didn’t go far enough to decrease particle pollution levels, the plaintiffs cited agency estimates that outdoor wood boilers will produce more than 20 percent of wood-burning emissions by 2017. A related suit was filed by the environmental group Earth Justice.
(Excerpt) Read more at forbes.com ...
It most assuredly will be. My response to the EPA: over your dead bodies.
What would Michael Collins do?
LET THEM FREEZE IN THE DARK
The lawsuit was filed by Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island and Vermont,
Exactly.
An issue worth fighting for or moving over.
What “co-equal”?
Didn’t The Founders claim in the Federalist Papers that Congress should be the strongest branch and the Judiciary the weakest?
The EPA is asking for comments and give instructions here: http://www2.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2013-12/documents/proposed_wood_heater_nsps_overview_fact_sheet_1.pdf
Because of all of the spare the air days in Calif during a very cold Sept and December people are having to set up special payment programs just to pay the heating and electrical bills. This doesn’t help the poor.
This is what happens when you’ve got a bunch of incompetent, immature, pot-smoking hippies running the country.
They are not proposing banning.
Fireplaces are not covered, only wood stoves.
Get one decent human being on your jury and you'll walk.
Existing wood stoves are not covered.
It’s hard to watch the fundamental transformation of America.
How much particulate matter do you get if you torch a bureaucrat? We can run some experiments with EPA volunteers.
Oh, well, you know....it goes without saying that our betters deserve to be comfortable. /s
Oh, well, you know....it goes without saying that our betters deserve to be comfortable. /s
Don’t burn plastic. It releases the inner nature of the beast.
Forbes states it as fact.
If a wood stove is your primary source of heat I’d see that those EPA folks that showed up would have so much fun in the snow.
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