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Lawmakers & interest groups clash as Obama prepares to announce performance standard for power plant
Fox News ^ | 5/29/2014 | Doug McKelway

Posted on 05/29/2014 1:21:40 AM PDT by markomalley

Lawmakers and Washington interest groups are engaged in a battle over whether looming EPA rules will help or hurt as President Obama prepares to announce a highly anticipated performance standard for power plants June 2.

The proposed standard will require existing natural gas and coal-fired power plants to release no more than 1,000 pounds of CO2 per megawatt-hour of electricity - easily done with natural gas but unobtainable by present day coal plants.

Although coal still provides almost 40 percent of U.S. electricity, the White House's new point man on energy, John Podesta, said Wednesday that climate change necessitates coal’s demise. "President Obama believes we have a moral obligation to act now to curb climate change," he said.

While Podesta affirmed the president's commitment to address climate change, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce was releasing a study that found the new standard will result in the loss of 224,000 jobs every year through 2030 and impose $50 billion in annual costs.

"The American household will lose $586 billion of disposable income. That means a household losing over $3,400 of income they'd otherwise be spending on something else," said Karen Harbert of the Chamber of Commerce.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Extended News; Government
KEYWORDS: climatechange; co2; energy; epa; globalwarming; globalwarminghoax; tyranny
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"Under my plan of a cap and trade system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket"

1 posted on 05/29/2014 1:21:40 AM PDT by markomalley
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Well, all you union coal miners who already lost your jobs can now join your friends and family as they lose their jobs. Then you’ll all have plenty of time to go down on election day and vote for some more democrats.


2 posted on 05/29/2014 1:32:17 AM PDT by VerySadAmerican
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To: markomalley

3 posted on 05/29/2014 1:32:29 AM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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when this was reported by fox as a possibility about 3 years ago, I called ed markeys office and the young man who took my call said “fox lies”.


4 posted on 05/29/2014 1:33:33 AM PDT by willywill
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To: markomalley

The EPA is an illegal Government operation not allowed by the Constitution!!


5 posted on 05/29/2014 1:36:20 AM PDT by MaxMax (Pay Attention and you'll be pissed off too! FIRE BOEHNER, NOW!)
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To: markomalley
Soon the Democrats will be asking people to KILL THEMSELVES!

WTF America, THIS IS INSANITY!!!

6 posted on 05/29/2014 1:38:43 AM PDT by MaxMax (Pay Attention and you'll be pissed off too! FIRE BOEHNER, NOW!)
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To: VerySadAmerican
Well, all you union coal miners who already lost your jobs can now join your friends and family as they lose their jobs. Then you’ll all have plenty of time to go down on election day and vote for some more democrats.

It would be nice if the Dhims would be the ones who have the electricity blackouts.

7 posted on 05/29/2014 1:40:11 AM PDT by markomalley (Nothing emboldens the wicked so greatly as the lack of courage on the part of the good -- Leo XIII)
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To: sneakers

bttt


8 posted on 05/29/2014 1:47:10 AM PDT by sneakers
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To: Liberty Valance

Exactly. He’s an idiot.


9 posted on 05/29/2014 1:49:33 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: markomalley

This is satire, right?

The folly of closing working coal plants, while seeing them built abroad in the name of global warming and special interest groups makes just no economic sense. No wonder our country is in the economic malaise.


10 posted on 05/29/2014 2:05:16 AM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (The media must be defeated any way it can be done.)
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"The folly of closing working coal plants, while seeing them built abroad in the name of global warming and special interest groups makes just no economic sense. No wonder our country is in the economic malaise."

It makes perfect sense if you intend to bring down the US and enslave its population. Obama loves our enemies and believes the US should pay for all its past sins as he sees them. He is the head of a coup that has overthrown America.

11 posted on 05/29/2014 2:33:36 AM PDT by Truth29
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...we have a moral obligation to act now to curb climate change...

Pure BS. We're supposed to believe in a one-size-fits-all solution to a 'problem' that's so vague it can't be quantified scientifically. I'm still waiting to hear whether we're warming up or cooling down.
This is just another scheme to weaken the US.
12 posted on 05/29/2014 2:49:20 AM PDT by ComputerGuy (BS, MS, PhD and a BMF besides)
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The folly of closing working coal plants, while seeing them built abroad...

China is so much better at controlling pollution don'tcha know? Those pictures of air pollution in China were actually taken in the mountains of West Virginia.

For real I wish our side would be hollering this - why aren't they putting forth a cohesive counter-argument?

13 posted on 05/29/2014 3:04:10 AM PDT by Principled (Obama: Unblemished by success.)
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A power and money grab plain and simple. This is insanity.


14 posted on 05/29/2014 3:18:38 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: willywill

You should call back in, recount that conversation, and rub their noses in it.


15 posted on 05/29/2014 3:19:53 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: The_Media_never_lie
This is satire, right? The folly of closing working coal plants, while seeing them built abroad in the name of global warming and special interest groups makes just no economic sense. No wonder our country is in the economic malaise.

TVA can't even afford to keep up with the standards. Every upgrade they do the EPA adds more rules. TVA is closing down coal fired steam plants. They aren't building new ones either. Our energy policies are being written by fools who have no real concept of affordable and economically feasible energy. They have their Kindergarten ideas of Hocus Pocus no more coal, no more Nuke, no more this, no more that, but they have no viable alternatives which can meet the power demands needed to run this nations homes and industries.

16 posted on 05/29/2014 3:29:51 AM PDT by cva66snipe ((Two Choices left for U.S. One Nation Under GOD or One Nation Under Judgment? Which one say ye?))
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To: markomalley

Yo. Way, way passed time for some performance standards for government flunkies, starting with Odumbo.


17 posted on 05/29/2014 3:47:45 AM PDT by Amagi (Lenin: "Socialized Medicine is the Keystone to the Arch of the Socialist State.")
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To: FreedomPoster

CO2 is PLANT FOOD! What morons Americans are to go along with this scam...


18 posted on 05/29/2014 3:53:31 AM PDT by Shady (We will not comply. We are Free, We Are AMERICANS!)
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To: MaxMax

The Green Agenda Is About Getting Rid Of As Many Humans As Possible

Most people tend to think of environmentalists as warm, cuddly hippies that just want all of us to love one another and to do what is right for the environment. And in fact, there are a few people out there who are actually like that. However, the people at the very heart of the green agenda are a quite different breed. The truth is that there are a growing number of environmental activists (including some very, very famous people) who are publicly advocating the end of our freedoms, the establishment of a Big Brother style world government and the systematic eradication of at least 90% of humanity all for the good of the environment. Unfortunately, this is not a joke and it is not an exaggeration. As you will see below, these people are very, very serious. To these eco-fascists, climate change is the number one threat to the earth, and in order to eliminate that threat “democracy must be put on hold”, an authoritarian world government must be established and we need to start getting rid of as many humans as possible.

http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/the-green-agenda-is-about-getting-rid-of-as-many-humans-as-possible


19 posted on 05/29/2014 4:31:26 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: markomalley

Here it comes bend over.


20 posted on 05/29/2014 4:31:47 AM PDT by Red Steel
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