The Supremes just slapped down the EPA and the Greenies. Took away the EPA’s
power to impose regulations on fossil fuels and even coal.
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As much as I continue to champion the rapid shift away from the burning of Fossil Fuels...
I believe that due to the myriad impacts of this transition, it is imperative that Congress take the lead in making it happen...therefore, I am leaning in favor of this decision. The EPA can certainly, and should, provide expert input to Congress given it's resources and expertise, however, it alone cannot evaluate all the ramifications of its standards....I'll cite an example from my personal link to the nuclear power industry...which by the way, needs to factor heavily into the larger Climate Change picture...
That example is Fukushima...after the 15 meter tsunami knocked out Fukushima Daiichi's power supply and reactor cooling system, three of the units failed and ended up releasing radiation to the environment. In response, the Japanese government evacuated over 100,000 local residents...including seriously ill hospital patients. They used radiation monitors and readings based on U.S. EPA standards to decide how large a region needed to be evacuated. An unfortunate ramification of this well-intended action resulted in the unnecessary and unfortunate deaths of some 1600 elderly and ill persons. If you read the attached link, you'll find that those EPA standards were set far too low, and to make a long story short, those limits, based in large measure on the Fukushima event, were subsequently raised by a significant amount (I've heard someone say 350X...note: the EPA is still reviewing their "Linear No Threshold", or LNT philosophy).
While I can't say that I agree with all the linked article's opinions on other EPA stances for other hazards (e.g. CO2), I do know that there are significant "Blind Spots" and ramifications that the EPA is not setup to consider all by itself...
Getting back to Climate Change, this is a monumental task we have in front of us...I'd like to see Congress come together...and several Senators/Representatives are doing just that...over the issue, and create new 'temporary bodies' that factor in ALL facets of the problem in order to achieve a solution...and not just rely on one agency...the EPA in this case.
Link: https://reason.com/2014/07/06/raising-the-epa-radiation-limit-will-sav/
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The ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY can’t regulate power plant emissions
Seems like pretty basic environmental protection to me.
These justices should just come out with red robes on. They are destroying the legitimacy of the court.
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If congress wants abortion and a green America. Pass legislation. Don’t sit back and blame the
Supreme Court for not doing their jobs. The Legislature got elected to pass laws. They are not doing their jobs and want to blame the Supreme Court and allowing them to make law.
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Yes, it is horrible for SCOTUS to make Congress do its Constitutional duty.
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Level 4
Congress has the ability to pass all these laws. They won’t so the administration and the
lower courts do. That is all.
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Level 5
Exactly. Not the way it is supposed to work, per the Constitution.
(no message)Evil preaches tolerance until it is dominant, then it tries to silence good.
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Level 2
There is that little pesky thing about unelected bureaucrats making laws.
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Dems don't like democracy. They want SCOTUS and fed agencies to control our bodies and businesses.
(no message)Evil preaches tolerance until it is dominant, then it tries to silence good.
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Something tells me it is more complicated than that. Will be interesting to read the opinion.
Congress has spent decades ceding its power to either the President directly, or to the president in the form of administrative agencies. When they do vote on something, they end up voting on things that push the limits, such that they are effectively daring SCOTUS to rule. We shouldn't be surprised when SCOTUS does rule, given that scenario.
Congress is becoming a do-nothing branch. Have they addressed illegal immigration? Of course not. That would require a vote on a useful law. Agencies are doing all kinds things through regulations, and Presidents are doing all kinds of things through executive orders, that Congress should be doing themselves...which makes the presidential election more contentious, because more is at risk, as a new president spends his first week undoing executive orders from the previous president, and targeting agency regs. So, the country just goes back and forth with every presidential election. Not a stable situation.
Meanwhile, Congress just wants to posture, engage in political theater, and get re-elected (while getting rich on insider trading). Having to actually vote on things might cause some of them to be voted out of office (and then they might have to actually work for a living). Easier to give powers to the President or the administrative agencies.
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It’s a reaction to extra-legislative action and activism by the agencies. Not their job.
Surely you can understand that.
Imposing corporate abuse, neglect and greed on deserving victims.
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Well at least that helps the Manchin wallet. But the ordinary citizen gets screwed.
jimbasil 55093 posts(no message)Jack, he is a banker
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Congress could act. Don't lament another opportunity for democracy to be restored.
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Breathe deep!
jimbasil 55093 posts(no message)Jack, he is a banker
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...the gathering gloom....
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It actually is the gathering gloom. The quality of life in America
jimbasil 55093 poststhanks to McConnell’s Trumpian picks on the court.
The dark Red Robes of the Republican Nazgûl bring the great destruction.
Jack, he is a banker
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The gloom is the Left arguing that the Constitution is meaningless. You will break the country.
Live by the rules, and if you don't want to, work to change the rules. Don't apply them when it helps you politically, and oppose them (without changing them) when it hurts you politically. That harms the rule of law.
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WTF? News Alert - you have to breathe the same air and drink/bathe the same water as I do.
jimbasil 55093 postsRules your goombah GOP are changing and implementing to create a bigger governmental reach and a break down in quality of life.
It's you, dummkopf who doesn't like living by the rules -
So don't use the Moody Blues to change the subject - they wrote those tunes because of gov't overreach and the images of what
a livable planet would be like.Jack, he is a banker
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You seem to be in passionate agreement with my point. Progress.
You think your views are so important, that you can ignore the rules of society. That was my point.
And, that is the gloom of which I speak. When a significant portion of society doesn't bother to change the rules legally when the rules block their policy, then society breaks.
I'm not saying you can't protect the environment. I'm saying you should select a legal way to do it. That should not be a controversial ask.
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"the rules of society"? WTF are you talking about?
jimbasil 55093 posts(no message)Jack, he is a banker
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Ha! You reveal a lot with that post. The text of the Constitution is a great place to start. Read it
Live it. Love it. Or, change it with an Article V amdendment. Don't try to get around it while leaving it in place.
Evil preaches tolerance until it is dominant, then it tries to silence good.
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Level 4
Thank God for Nixon.
NDavenue 7489 posts(no message)I don't believe illusions because too much is for real.
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God bless them every one, and Trump for moving quickly on his appointees.
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Just a reminder for the squeamish sensitive folk who have become Never Trumpers.
He keeps his promises and his selection of Supreme Court judges is a promise kept. I am suspicious of Kavanaugh though.
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Trump has many faults, but on appointments to the bench, he acted and delivered.
(no message)Imposing corporate abuse, neglect and greed on deserving victims.
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End of conversation