Posted on 08/26/2018 10:45:04 AM PDT by castlebrew
"...It was no surprise that Gov. Jay Inslee was promising the state would take the feds to court over a proposed change in the Clean Power Plan rules regarding coal-burning generating facilities.
"...The real surprise was one of Inslee’s reasons for challenging the proposed rule to allow states more control over emissions from coal-burning power plants, a reason that suggests either an unfamiliarity with geography or meteorology.
(1st money quote - from the village idiot): "...“We’re breathing smoke from Mississippi,” he told reporters. “We’re breathing smoke from the rest of the United States.”
"...Weather patterns generally go from west to east, and Washington is way up here on the northwest corner, so we’re mostly breathing air from the Pacific, British Columbia or, sometimes, Oregon.
(2nd money quote - from the cowardly "yournalist"): "...Climate change is one of Inslee’s big issues, so Spin Control didn’t feel comfortable questioning his assertion on our own."
(Excerpt) Read more at spokesman.com ...
Agreed, and motion seconded.
... showing that the village idiot occupying the governor’s chair (and his cronies are a complete waste of oxygen.
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