Obama To Introduce Sweeping New Environmental Regulations
President Obama will introduce regulations to control the release of ozone, which leads to smog and pollution.
The sweeping regulation, which would aim at smog from power plants and factories across the country, particularly in the Midwest, would be the latest in a series of Environmental Protection Agency controls on air pollution that wafts from smokestacks and tailpipes. Such regulations, released under the authority of the Clean Air Act, have become a hallmark of President Obama’s administration.Environmentalists and public health advocates have praised the E.P.A. rules as a powerful environmental legacy. Republicans, manufacturers and the fossil fuel industry have sharply criticized them as an example of costly
overreach.The proposed regulation would lower the current threshold for ozone pollution from 75 parts per billion to a range of 65 to 70 parts per million, according to people familiar with the plan. That range is less stringent than the standard of 60 parts per million sought by environmental groups, but the E.P.A. proposal would also seek public comment on a 60 parts-per-million plan, keeping open the possibility that the final rule could be stricter.
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Guy Lauten November 25th, 2014 at 21:34
I hear more heads exploding across the Potomac. More popcorn, please.
Guy Lauten November 25th, 2014 at 22:34
I hear more heads exploding across the Potomac. More popcorn, please.
tiredoftea November 25th, 2014 at 21:39
Well, This will make Iron man Jim “Mountain” Ihhofe very happy!
tiredoftea November 25th, 2014 at 22:39
Well, This will make Iron man Jim “Mountain” Ihhofe very happy!
tracey marie November 25th, 2014 at 21:45
Good!
rg9rts November 26th, 2014 at 05:23
TAg
tracey marie November 25th, 2014 at 22:45
Good!
rg9rts November 26th, 2014 at 06:23
TAg
Tommy6860 November 25th, 2014 at 22:17
Well, it is a black leader that will introduce these measures, and it will be the white congress that shoots him down.
Tommy6860 November 25th, 2014 at 23:17
Well, it is a black leader that will introduce these measures, and it will be the white congress that shoots him down.
Obewon November 25th, 2014 at 23:30
How about if we lower the current threshold for ozone pollution to 60 parts per billionaire?
Obewon November 26th, 2014 at 00:30
How about if we lower the current threshold for ozone pollution to 60 parts per billionaire?
Kick Frenzy November 26th, 2014 at 00:16
Sweet.
History is going to love this president.
Kick Frenzy November 26th, 2014 at 01:16
Sweet.
History is going to love this president.
rg9rts November 26th, 2014 at 05:23
The gopee will scream and rage that he is trying to destroy the economy and stifle business
rg9rts November 26th, 2014 at 06:23
The gopee will scream and rage that he is trying to destroy the economy and stifle business
Hirightnow November 26th, 2014 at 06:53
Simple rule would help here:
All CEOs of companies that are deemed to pollute in any way MUST maintain primary residence within 1 mile of the facility that is deemed to pollute, including schooling of offspring in said area and physical occupation of said residence for no less than 3/4 of the year.
Violation of rights?
Well, you wanna do business, you gotsta follow the rules.
Hirightnow November 26th, 2014 at 07:53
Simple rule would help here:
All CEOs of companies that are deemed to pollute in any way MUST maintain primary residence within 1 mile of the facility that is deemed to pollute, including schooling of offspring in said area and physical occupation of said residence for no less than 3/4 of the year.
Violation of rights?
Well, you wanna do business, you gotsta follow the rules.
Wayout November 26th, 2014 at 07:57
Just what we need, more impediments to businesses and the creation of jobs. Of course, the rich environmental libs like Algore will still be fling in their private planes and living in their mansions. It’s time to severely curtail the power of the EPA.
OldLefty November 26th, 2014 at 08:17
As businesses admit, it is low demand, not regulation that has been hurting business.
Meanwhile, look at Elk river, the explosions at fertilizer plants in Texas, the fact that;
From http://www.medscape.com/index/section_10171_0
Medscape Medical News > Oncology
Childhood Cancer and Environmental Toxins Are Both Increasing
“proliferation of environmental toxins and the rise
in childhood cancers. circulated in the fetal blood and breast
milk.
It is EXACTLY what we need.
Obewon November 26th, 2014 at 09:05
Exactly! 2/3 in the USA have long agreed with greater EPA oversight to implement pollution reductions for power plants, manufacturers, businesses and vehicles.
Gallup: A) “Setting higher emissions and pollution standards for business and industry “3/4-7/10 70% Favor | 29% oppose | 1% unknown.
B) “Imposing mandatory controls on carbon dioxide emissions and other greenhouse gases”3/4-7/10 65% Favor | 33% oppose | 3% unknown.
C) “More strongly enforcing federal environmental regulations “3/4-7/10 64% Favor | 33% oppose | 2% unknown.
D) “Setting higher auto emissions standards for automobiles “3/4-7/10 62% Favor | 37% oppose | 1% unknown. Via Gallup http://www.pollingreport.com/enviro2.htm
Obewon November 26th, 2014 at 08:42
Fossil fuel pollution mercury fallout rots brain cells, kills kids and creates diseases. GWB’s 1.08 M private job 8 year total. Vs $0 fuel cost Green renewable energy powering 11 M+ Private Jobs created by the Obama Admins U.S. Record 56 months of private jobs growth, including 2011’s 3.4 million green jobs in the USA. A Brookings Institution and Battelle study found that 2.7 million people were directly employed in the “clean economy” in 2010, and 2.4 million+ employed in the fossil fuel (polluter) industry. http://www.eesi.org/papers/view/fact-sheet-jobs-in-renewable-energy-and-energy-efficiency?/fact-sheet-jobs-renewable-energy-and-energy-efficiency-11-jun-2013
Wayout November 26th, 2014 at 08:57
Just what we need, more impediments to businesses and the creation of jobs. Of course, the rich environmental libs like Algore will still be fling in their private planes and living in their mansions. It’s time to severely curtail the power of the EPA.
OldLefty November 26th, 2014 at 09:17
As businesses admit, it is low demand, not regulation that has been hurting business.
Meanwhile, look at Elk river, the explosions at fertilizer plants in Texas, the fact that;
From http://www.medscape.com/index/section_10171_0
Medscape Medical News > Oncology
Childhood Cancer and Environmental Toxins Are Both Increasing
“proliferation of environmental toxins and the rise
in childhood cancers. circulated in the fetal blood and breast
milk.
It is EXACTLY what we need.
Obewon November 26th, 2014 at 10:05
Exactly! 2/3 in the USA have long agreed with greater EPA oversight to implement pollution reductions for power plants, manufacturers, businesses and vehicles.
Gallup: A) “Setting higher emissions and pollution standards for business and industry “3/4-7/10 70% Favor | 29% oppose | 1% unknown.
B) “Imposing mandatory controls on carbon dioxide emissions and other greenhouse gases”3/4-7/10 65% Favor | 33% oppose | 3% unknown.
C) “More strongly enforcing federal environmental regulations “3/4-7/10 64% Favor | 33% oppose | 2% unknown.
D) “Setting higher auto emissions standards for automobiles “3/4-7/10 62% Favor | 37% oppose | 1% unknown. Via Gallup http://www.pollingreport.com/enviro2.htm
Obewon November 26th, 2014 at 09:42
Fossil fuel pollution mercury fallout rots brain cells, kills kids and creates diseases. GWB’s 1.08 M private job 8 year total. Vs $0 fuel cost Green renewable energy powering 11 M+ Private Jobs created by the Obama Admins U.S. Record 56 months+ of private jobs growth, including 2011’s 3.4 million green jobs in the USA. Up from a Brookings Institution and Battelle study finding that 2.7 million people were directly employed in the “clean economy” in 2010, and 2.4 million+ employed in the fossil fuel (polluter) industry. http://www.eesi.org/papers/view/fact-sheet-jobs-in-renewable-energy-and-energy-efficiency?/fact-sheet-jobs-renewable-energy-and-energy-efficiency-11-jun-2013 “What was the 3rd thing???”-fossil fuel mercury poison brain damaged indicted Felon Guber Perry in 2012~.