Posted on 08/02/2015 6:52:24 AM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
President Barack Obama will impose steeper cuts on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants across the country than previously expected, senior administration officials said Sunday, in what the president called the most significant step the U.S. has ever taken to fight global warming.
The Obama administration is expected to finalize the RULE at a White House event on Monday, a year after proposing UNPRECEDENTED carbon dioxide limits. Obama, in a video posted on Facebook, said the limits were backed up by decades of data and facts showing that without tough action, the world will face more extreme weather and escalating health problems like asthma.
Opponents said they would sue the government immediately. The also planned to ask the courts to put the rule on hold while legal challenges play out.
By clamping down on power plant emissions, Obama is also working to INCREASE HIS LEVERAGE and credibility with other nations whose commitments he's seeking for a GLOBAL CLIMATE TREATY to be finalized later this year in Paris.
More than a dozen states have already made plans to fight the rule, even before it was revealed. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky has urged some Republican governors to refuse to comply, setting up a confrontation with the EPA, which by law can force its own plan on states that fail to submit implementation plans.
In Congress, lawmakers have sought to use legislation to stop Obama's regulation, and McConnell has tried previously to use an obscure, rarely successful maneuver under the Congressional Review Act to allow Congress to vote it down.
The more serious threat to Obama's RULE will likely come in the courts. The Electric Reliability Coordinating Council, which represents energy companies, said 20 to 30 states were poised to join with industry in suing over the rule.
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Okay, Lord, this joke has gone on long enough, don'tcha think?
My question is: Doesn’t the EXECUTIVE BRANCH need 2/3 of Senate to approve international TREATIES?
Wow, he is powerful. I wonder if he couldn´t fiddle with the laws of science and make water boil at 200 degrees, and the fruit tress resist up to 10 degrees farenheit. Never want to miss out on defying some of the Natural Laws, as it seems he has defied all of the limits placed on him by the Constitution and laws written by former legislative bodies to restrain him.. GO FOR IT.
“By clamping down on power plant emissions, Obama is also working to INCREASE HIS LEVERAGE and credibility with other nations whose commitments he’s seeking for a GLOBAL CLIMATE TREATY to be finalized later this year in Paris.”
Is Obama OVERSTEPPING his authority AGAIN?
Crippling our power grid. Another treasonous act that’ll not be challenged.
On Earth, naturally occurring amounts of greenhouse gases have a mean warming effect of about 33 °C (59 °F).[68][d] Without the Earth's atmosphere, the Earth's average temperature would be well below the freezing temperature of water.[69] The major greenhouse gases are water vapor, which causes about 36–70% of the greenhouse effect; carbon dioxide (CO2), which causes 9–26%; methane (CH4), which causes 4–9%; and ozone (O3), which causes 3–7%.[70][71][72] Clouds also affect the radiation balance through cloud forcings similar to greenhouse gases.
Source:Wikipedia
“setting up a confrontation with the EPA, which by law can force its own plan on states that fail to submit implementation plans. “
Perfectly illustrates how out of control the bureaucracy has become with the acquiescence of Congress.
“the world will face more extreme weather”
Government could control the weather through more regulations. Who knew? Better living through tyranny.
“and escalating health problems like asthma.”
How about curing asthma altogether by shutting down the power plants completely? /s
The Kenyan is out of control. A real fascist dictator.
Don’t you union workers JUST LOVE HIM?!!!
Now that CO2 is regarded as a pollutant, I think it’s time for us to commit to completely removing it from our atmosphere! Once you put an end to all life on the planet, it’ll be safe from further harm from us nasty old humans.
Nah, that never happens.
Why didn’t he do it on Reddit in the Communist Forum?
Yep, until Corker came along. Great bunch of GOPers we have!
Why doesn’t Obummer fight the Easter Bunny, too?
He’s just as real as “globull warming.”
Wonder if the wonderful Corker Bill will still cover any treaty nobama wants to shite on us with?
Right after appearing on Pimp With A Limp and The Glozell show again.
Apple, Walmart and others commit to White House climate change pledge via @FortuneMagazine http://for.tn/1JpVnXT
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