Someone needs to tell President Obama that the presidential campaign ended 13 months ago--he's still playing the news cycles.In a news release timed with the start of the Copenhagen global warming summit, Obama's EPA announced that it will willing to maneuver around Congress, heck, it wants to maneuever around the American people, and regulate greenhouse gases that some people (see Climategate) believe cause global warming.
From AP:
The Environmental Protection Agency has concluded greenhouse gases are endangering people's health and must be regulated, signaling that the Obama administration is prepared to contain global warming without congressional action if necessary.
EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson scheduled a news conference for later Monday to announce the so-called endangerment finding, officials told The Associated Press, speaking privately because the announcement had not been made.
The finding is timed to boost the administration's arguments at an international climate conference — beginning this week — that the United States is aggressively taking actions to combat global warming, even though Congress has yet to act on climate legislation.
Under a Supreme Court ruling, the so-called endangerment finding is needed before the EPA can regulate carbon dioxide and five other greenhouse gases released from power plants, factories and automobiles under the federal Clean Air Act.
Three months ago, Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) proposed an amendment to prevent the EPA from regulating greenhouse gasses.
That is something to think about when you vote next year. If this caper goes through, be prepared to pay a lot more for electricity, gasoline, and anything that uses these power sources.
Which is everything.
This. Must. Be. Stopped.
Chains I can't believe in.
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This is great.
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