“Regulatory overreach” is the term, but it doesn’t quite convey the seriousness in this sub rosa implementation of Cap and Trade.
Here we have an agency that’s controlled by the Executive Branch and may well cripple the economy by attempting to regulate nontoxic substances–such as water vapor and CO2. Excuse me: “greenhouse gases.”
The U.S. Senate may vote on this tomorrow. There are several competing amendments, but the one that will put this to bed is the McDonnell Amendment, which completely prevents the EPA abusing its power in order to regulate greenhouse gases, which is what we want. (Some of the Democratic “alternatives” are discussed by an industry group here.
Jeff has more, and suggests that it’s time for us to call our Senators tomorrow. Which–yes.
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The Supreme Court ruled the EPA has the right to regulate greenhouse gasses.
How is it an “overreach?”
The right to . . .
Not the necessity of.
The EPA could reverse its endangerment finding at any time thereby obviating the need to regulate.
CO2 is our friend. Time to treat it that way and take away the power of a single Federal Agency to send our civilization back to the Stone Age.
Newsflash: Cosmic Waves affect temperature in a more measurable amount than “greenhouse gases.”
Al Gore suckered every gullible person with his “double hockey stick” graph of temperature and CO2. Had the graphs been overlaid, it would be completely obvious (and not to Gore’s future monetary favor) that CO2 increases as a RESULT of an increase in temperature. It goes up AFTER the global temperature. It is not a CAUSE of increasing temperatures.