Posted on 01/15/2015 10:09:56 AM PST by raptor22
Energy Policy: In spite of dramatically lower methane emissions from fracking, according to the EPA's own data, the agency wants to impose draconian regulations on the oil and gas industry similar to those on coal.
The new rules that the White House announced on Wednesday aim to cut oil emissions of methane, a target of environmental groups, by 45% below 2012 levels, despite the fact that the emissions already show a sharp decline even as shale oil and gas production has skyrocketed.
This war-on-shale action mirrors the administration's war on coal, with EPA rules impossible to meet economically and sometimes requiring technology that doesn't even exist.
Never mind that there's no evidence of the climate change that environmentalists fear. And the EPA doesn't seem to care that the U.S. leads in reducing the fake nightmare of greenhouse gases.
It is an alleged threat of methane to the Earth's climate that has green groups pushing the EPA to limit hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, a technology that has spawned a job-creating oil and natural-gas boom.
It has also been used as a weapon against the Keystone XL pipeline, which would ship oil from Canada's oil sands and North Dakota's Bakken shale formation to our Gulf Coast refineries.
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FRACKING PING
yeah, you had to know they’d go after them for making an end run around the “no energy for you” policy of this admin.
Is the EPA working to help Iran get oil prices back up? Face it, the EPA is part of the Obama Administration....
I presume once the EPA has gone through the comment and review period and instituted the regulations, it will be very difficult (and time-consuming) for a subsequent administration to reverse course.
In addition to using the required review and comment period, environmental groups could initiate lengthy law suits to delay (or stop) the overturning the regulations.
Am I correct?
The Evirowhacko Political Arm of the government thinks we can run the nation on wishful thinking and unicorn farts.
FRACKING PING
That way the Saudis can treat us like Russia treats Ukraine and we'll just have to bow and take it.
I’m sure the Republican House and Senate will reign in the EPA this time around. /sarc.
More likely they will increase it’s budget by as much or more than Obozo asks for.
It is long past time for Congress to rein-in the EPA.
The mulatto muslim strikes again.
Now that we're energy independent the politicians want to stop it.
Notice I use the derogatory slur "politicians" and not the meaningless descriptors "D" and "R".
<>It’s time for a Convention of States to end this run away Federal Government!<>
Yes, it is past time to assert our sovereignty.
Can you add me to your fracking pings? Thanks!
And, when all else fails, the time honored water table risk is always good for a "temporary" injunction.
Sheesh, you'd think this was a bunch of communists still trying to shore up Soviet cash flow!
Oh, wait...
Re: “Now that we’re energy independent...”
If only.
From the USEIA, in 2013...
We imported 9.9 million barrels per day of crude oil and refined petroleum products.
We exported 3.6 million barrels per day.
Net imports were 6.2 million.
We consumed about 18.5 million barrels per day.
Petroleum imports are (were) roughly 33% of our consumption.
Gas Taxthey're kicking about and we can see one thing clearly: the elites are really against the common man being able to afford energy.
Yep; and the method to do that is Article V.
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