EPA chief says administration to roll back climate plan

[DonViejo]

Source: Associated Press



Adam Beam, Associated Press • October 9, 2017

HAZARD, Ky. (AP) -- The Trump administration will abandon the Obama-era clean power plan aimed at reducing global warming, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt said Monday.

Speaking in Kentucky, Pruitt said he will sign a proposed rule on Tuesday "to withdraw the so-called clean power plan of the past administration."

The clean power plan aimed to restrict greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power plants. It was a centerpiece of the Obama administration's environmental policies. The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to declare the Obama-era rule exceeded federal law by setting emissions standards that power plants could not reasonably meet.

"The EPA and no federal agency should ever use its authority to say to you we are going to declare war on any sector of our economy," Pruitt said. He spoke at an event with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

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[cilla4progress]

1. Aren't these neanderthals

extinct yet?

[Le Gaucher]

2. Doesn't matter. Coal plants are still screwed anyway.

[yallerdawg]

3. I hope the next ELECTED president is taking notes.

Reversing EVERYTHING the Dotard administration does would appeal to a whole lotta Democrats!

Dismantling the will of the people for the last 25 years is just plain asshole - a lesson I hope the deplorables don't learn sweating away in a cloud of radiation.

[turbinetree]

4. OH BOY, Since the proverbial winds blow west to east most of the time

and south to east, and north to east, this asshole hasn't figured it out yet that the planet spins around on its axis from west to east, so guess what -------------acid rain has no boundaries asshole, and the ozone layer has holes in it because of the gases, that are generated by coal fired generators

And by the way, did you use a commercial flight or a military flight, so that you could pull off this stunt. Did the turtle use a commercial or military flight?

After all your Traitorous administration likes to do stunts, and is the most traitorous team on the planet, just like the turtle


SO FUCK YOU and your fucking asshole senate criminal called the stunt speaker of the senate Turtle, who should be IMPEACHED for violating the Constitution, under the advise and consent clause ---------------So Fuck ya Both and the horses you ride in on

To bad there isn't a emjoi for FUCK YOU , I think it would be the most popular

[TomCADem]

5. Fact That EPA Remains Staffed Shows That Everyone Has a Price

It is sad that the EPA is filled with people who originally thought they were going to be able to fight to save the environment, but under Pruitt are now working hard to suppress science and do the bidding of polluters. It would be like someone who signed up for a pet rescue, but then drowned puppies in a tub once they are dropped off because they were told to do so and wanted to keep their job. Just following orders I guess.