Posted on 02/18/2017 2:16:56 AM PST by Olog-hai
Over the strong objections of environmental groups, the Senate confirmed Scott Pruitt to lead the Environmental Protection Agency on Friday, giving President Donald Trump an eager partner to fulfill his campaign pledge to increase the use of planet-warming fossil fuels.
Pruitt was sworn in later Friday by Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito.
In six years as Oklahoma’s attorney general, Pruitt filed 14 lawsuits challenging EPA regulations that included limits on carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants. He also sued over the EPA’s recent expansion of water bodies regulated under the Clean Water Act, a federal measure opposed by industries that would be forced to clean up polluted wastewater. […]
Pruitt’s supporters cheered his confirmation, hailing the 48-year-old Republican lawyer as the ideal pick to roll back environmental regulations they say are a drag on the nation’s economy. …
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SWEET!
Write down the date he was approved. We can push to have it declared a national holiday. I know I’ll never forget where I was when I heard the news.
Another glorious day!
Are you tired of winning yet?
When the USA benefits and is healed of the evil that the left forces on us, I give God the glory.
Another perfect pick by Trump
More WIN...followed by a big helping of Schadenfreude.
Sessions / DeVos / Pruitt
What did I tell you guys! Trump is a LIBERAL disguising himself as a conservative just to fool you people into voting for him. Look at these people...are they really conservatives - I mean, would they read the Bible to your face? Would they bomb abortion clinics? Would they agree with us that it was The Jews that took down the World Trade Center? Of course not...these people are FAKE CONSERVATIVES - and so is Trump.
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Fifteen thousand Left Wing government bureaucrats sucking at the taxpayer’s teat and making life miserable for ordinary Americans. Entire agency must be shut down.
Their work us done.....
Their work is done.....
Fire EVERYONE at the EPA and close and lock the doors.
And as you leave, burn the place to the ground./
I would correct this statement to say the use of fossil fuels, dropping the unsubstantiated "planet-warming" words.
Fossil fuels provide 24/7 energy, unlike the costly, uneconomical and environmentally damaging wind turbines, solar panels alternates that only work part time. Plus they are aesthetically ugly, kill eagles, bats, and other birds, and are not there when you need power at night or during unfavorable weather conditions.
The Obama administration wasted billions of dollars on failed companies. Those dollars could have been directed to making the burning of fossil fuels even more clean and environmentally pleasing.
You are a disgrace to this website. Go to hell.
Enviro nazis are obstructionist radical terrorists
No bias whatsoever in that AP 'news' article...
giving President Donald Trump an eager partner to fulfill his campaign pledge to increase the use of planet-warming fossil fuels.
They couldn’t resist the digs.
I think subtle ironic humor may be too difficult for you.
Better stick to slapstick.
Forward it to the SPLC. They love “ironic humor” on conservative websites. They’ll find it so hilarious they’ll make a special mention of it and Free Republic in future press releases.
Hopefully by the end of his first term or sooner Trump will eliminate this liberal cash cow!!!
The first order of the day for the new chief is to dismantle the Federal EPA and turn all their funding into a block grant back to each of the states. The current employees shall be offered the opportunity to enlist in the US Marines or US Army Special Forces, and engage in up close and dirty action as to why nations on a wartime footing often overlook certain restrictions on applications or delivery of what has in the recent past been considered “dangerous to the environment”.
There is no environmentally friendly way to fight a war, where the purpose is to make noise, break things, and kill people, none of which they currently advocate. Well, maybe environmentalists do, but with certainly much different methods.
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