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Doesn't matter, this is years in the making, and goes back to when the EPA was sued by the Industry when Bush was in office.
The EPA had a choice to approve or disapprove the permits, it has made the decision to deny under the Obama administration's watch.
How hard is that to understand?
The EPA had a choice to approve or disapprove the permits, it has made the decision to deny under the Obama administration's watch.
How hard is that to understand?
Yea, so what?? They were not following the law, so they should not have been issued the permits. Even the Bush EPA believed they were not following the law.
RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI, Associated Press Writer Ramit Plushnick-masti, Associated Press WriterWed Jun 30, 5:35 pm ET
HOUSTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday officially overturned a 16-year-old Texas air permitting program it says violates the Clean Air Act, leaving some of the country's largest refineries in a state of limbo.The move comes after years of backdoor bickering, negotiations and public arguments between the EPA and Texas. The argument recently escalated from a battle over environmental issues into a heated political dispute over states' rights.
He has been using it to drive home his contention that President Barack Obama's administration is overreaching, saying in a statement Wednesday that "Texas will continue to fight this federal takeover of a successful state program."The EPA's decision, announced in a statement, will force some 125 refineries and petrochemical plants to invest millions of dollars to get new permits.
I heard about it on the news on the way home. Where the hell is our military when this maniac is attacking the US any way he can?
The EPA had a choice to approve or disapprove the permits, it has made the decision to deny under the Obama administration's watch.
How hard is that to understand?
How hard is the nation's supply of gasoline and energy to understand? This move will do more harm to the US than any terrorist attach could have done. As a matter of fact, had an attack shut down our refineries to such an extent, it would be declared a national disaster. However, when Barry the job killer does it- it is just marxist extremist "policy" as usual, designed to weaken the nation.
Extremely misleading title and thread, considering this has been at issue since long before the oil spill or even Obama taking office.
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Originally Posted by Frank DeForrest
The EPA had a choice to approve or disapprove the permits, it has made the decision to deny under the Obama administration's watch.
How hard is that to understand?
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Originally Posted by Smash255
Yea, so what?? They were not following the law, so they should not have been issued the permits. Even the Bush EPA believed they were not following the law.
So you agree then they were shut down during Obamas watch and thus the title is not misleading but in fact correct.
"The federal agency has determined that this program does not meet several national Clean Air Act requirements that help to ensure the protection of health and the environment.
"EPA is disapproving the permit program after determining that it allows companies to avoid certain federal clean air requirements by lumping emissions from multiple units under a single “cap” rather than setting specific emission limits for individual pollution sources at their plants."
OR, you can believe the simpleminded version the RW media is feeding you: Vengeful overlord Obama tries to mess wit Texas... LOL
Right..................
The EPA is the means by which Obama controls US industry by means of "environmental regualtions". This is just an extension of the lunacy of "cap and trade" which is a government effort to control industry. Ironically, this does nothing to CO2 levels, but like cap and trade, adds additional expense to US industry and consumers.
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He got his shutdown of oil rigs overturned so...
RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI, Associated Press Writer Ramit Plushnick-masti, Associated Press WriterWed Jun 30, 5:35 pm ET
HOUSTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday officially overturned a 16-year-old Texas air permitting program it says violates the Clean Air Act, leaving some of the country's largest refineries in a state of limbo.The move comes after years of backdoor bickering, negotiations and public arguments between the EPA and Texas. The argument recently escalated from a battle over environmental issues into a heated political dispute over states' rights.
He has been using it to drive home his contention that President Barack Obama's administration is overreaching, saying in a statement Wednesday that "Texas will continue to fight this federal takeover of a successful state program."The EPA's decision, announced in a statement, will force some 125 refineries and petrochemical plants to invest millions of dollars to get new permits.
Gas went down today. Maybe he should shut more down!
How hard is the nation's supply of gasoline and energy to understand? This move will do more harm to the US than any terrorist attach could have done. As a matter of fact, had an attack shut down our refineries to such an extent, it would be declared a national disaster. However, when Barry the job killer does it- it is just marxist extremist "policy" as usual, designed to weaken the nation.
The EPA is another rogue agency that seems to operate outside of any congressional constraint and in this case has become another tool in Obamas box of tricks.
And we have here..long term toxic effects of the Valdez cleanup:
http://www.akaction.org/fact_sheets/Exxon_Valdez_Oil_Spill_Legacy_Fact_Sheet.htm (broken link)
And I'm not playing R vs D here. I honestly worry about the health of the workers down there in the Gulf and what I read about regarding their protection while they clean up. It just seems the EPA is more worried about something going on for 16 years and dismisses the BP spill area knowing what happened to many during the Valdez cleanup.
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