The EPA decision isn't a blow to the Biden Admin.

[onecaliberal]

It’s a blow to the planet, and the ability for people to live on it.

[Voltaire2]

1. Biden needs to start using executive orders

Declare emergencies and act on them

[emulatorloo]

8. See Biden's response here:

Pres. Biden on SC ruling limiting EPA's ability to reduce emissions: "I will take action."
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216873017

[onecaliberal]

12. I hope he does too.

[Elessar Zappa]

19. Yes but he's limited in what he can do.

[Voltaire2]

20. Apparently one can initiate a massive public works

program to build a stupid useless wall on our southern border via EO.

So perhaps explore the limits established by the DFG.

[Tickle]

2. I don't understand this one

Who makes the standards on pollution?

[Claustrum]

13. I haven't read up on this case but I've heard numerous complaints from republicans about EPA.

They do not like that EPA gets to decide what requirements corporations need to follow. They believe that congress should be the ones making those rules/laws. But as you know, it's much easier to block and do nothing than to pass legislations. And it would waste democrats time when we are in office to try to pass these laws when we could have been working on other priorities of ours.

[Voltaire2]

21. The courts, obviously.

It’s plain and simple a corrupt payback to our oiligarchs.

[cilla4progress]

3. SCOTUS is basically telling young people

to suck it...

[Lovie777]

4. get sick and die .....

[CrispyQ]

7. Some of them have children & grandchildren.

I guess they think their money & influence will save them? IDK. Living in a million dollar bunker isn't the same as spending a weekend there once every few months.

[in2herbs]

5. Yes. Even with the existence of climate change the earth will still be here after we

are long gone.

What if we put more education into our climate change conversations about what we can keep and what will no longer exist as this continues. Food for an example, the cows that provide beef can't exist in the heat and drought. Warmer water will mean less fish. Lack of water means less fruits and vegetables. The pigs providing the pork that is eaten will also go the way of the cows.

Maybe we should scare climate deniers by showing them that unless they change their ways they will have no choice but to become VEGAN! That will blow some heads.

I believe there was an article a week or so ago reporting that 1,000+ cows died in the recent heat wave.

[onecaliberal]

14. Yes, I read the article about the cow too. You are spot on.

[H2O Man]

6. Recommended.

[emulatorloo]

9. Rec

[dalton99a]

10. The fascist monsters are hell-bent on destroying our nation and the planet.

[Caliman73]

11. It is BOTH.

It can be both and it is both. Yes, the ability of the EPA to regulate the largest polluting country on the planet, is important for the entire planet. It is also a political blow to the Biden Administration. Part of the Democratic platform is to make bold moves to mitigate the effects of climate change and limit the damage caused. A weak EPA hampers those efforts and will be portrayed as a lack of the Biden Administration being able to get things done.

[onecaliberal]

15. The EPA isn't Biden's. It's America's. It's meant to protect people. But when billionaires

Need more, you know, who needs protection and restrictions on the worst?

[Deminpenn]

17. EPA, established by Richard Nixon

for those too young to know.

[Voltaire2]

22. By a Democratic Congress and a Republican president.

It was a bipartisan action, back when that was actually a thing.

[wiggs]

16. Agree. Media once again loving the winner/loser narrative drama. Also, congress needs to

authorize EPA to make regulations. Congress, much more than Biden, hasn't done what it needs to.

[CousinIT]

18. Exactly. I've hollered on Twitter about this. "Blow to Biden" is bullshit. It's a blow to ALL OF US.

[Martin68]

23. Well, the Biden administration is virtually on the planet...