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Economy
Champ Steps Up His War On Coal
2013-09-20
Ay-Pee and the posting is acting very weird. Screens fade away, some parts don't show, and I can't see the highlight key to snark away! Now I get a black background! Anyway, here's a snippet:
The administration went back to the drawing board after receiving more than 2 million comments on its first proposal, which was legally vulnerable because it required coal and natural gas to meet the same limit. Coal and natural gas now have separate standards, but the latest proposal will almost certainly be litigated once it becomes final, which the law requires the EPA to do in a year.
Posted by:Bobby

#7  ...or my daughter who has Down Syndrome. The Democrats *hate* it when they miss them in the womb.
Posted by: Secret Master   2013-09-20 17:49  

#6  ..that would be white, male, American and conservative.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2013-09-20 15:39  

#5  
What's next? Declaring Oxygen a pollutant?
No, it's more likely to be declaring anyone who doesn't fit some eugenic standard to be a pollutant.
Posted by: Korora   2013-09-20 14:06  

#4   Declaring Oxygen a pollutant?

It is an extremely reactive, corrosive gas. Any more of it in our atmosphere and the whole damn place would go up in flames.

What surprises me about Obama's War on Coal is that anyone is surprised by it. He explicitly said he was going to do this.
Posted by: SteveS   2013-09-20 13:08  

#3  How about after every senior employee of the EPA is equipped and required to wear a recirculating breathing device at work.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2013-09-20 09:24  

#2  The whole idea that Carbon Dioxide (CO2) is a pollutant is proof that the EPA has nothing to do with the Environment or Ecology and everything to do with government control.
CO2 is required for plants to live which are required for humans to live. It is as important to the environment as oxygen.

What's next? Declaring Oxygen a pollutant?
Posted by: CrazyFool   2013-09-20 08:21  

#1  Looks like my problems were Internet Explorer related. It hung up a few minutes ago, and now the posting looks OK.

To meet the standard, new coal-fired power plants would need to install expensive technology to capture carbon dioxide and bury it underground. No coal-fired power plant has done that yet, in large part because of the cost. And those plants that the EPA points to as potential models, such as a coal plant being built in Kemper County, Miss., by Southern Co., have received hundreds of millions of dollars in federal grants and tax credits.

Your tax dollars at work.
Posted by: Bobby   2013-09-20 06:37  

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