Oh, good. The Heartland Institute *hearts* Obama for overruling the EPA - and they want more!

[highplainsdem]

:sarcasm:

http://washingtonindependent.com/111172/obama-halts-epa-smog-rules

James M. Taylor, senior fellow for environmental policy at the free market Heartland Institute called on Obama to continue undoing environmental rules:

“While President Obama’s announcement that he is withdrawing EPA’s draft ozone standards is a welcome development, EPA continues down the path of economic destruction by imposing costly carbon dioxide restrictions in the name of fighting speculative global warming. If the president is serious about relieving EPA’s oppressive burden on America’s economy, he will call off the dogs regarding EPA’s carbon dioxide restrictions, as well.”

The same article quotes the executive director of the Sierra Club saying that the White House is "putting the interest of coal and oil polluters first."

These are not quotes any of us ever expected to read about a Democratic president's environmental policies.

[LonePirate]

1. How can anyone be a fellow for environmental policy and then applaud this decision?

Did I miss the words "lack of" prior to "environmental policy" in the quoted text?

[K8-EEE]

3. If you are a "fellow for environmental policy" in a secretly funded RW think tank

This is where the Freepers get their "information" from....check out their "funding information" on the Heartland site...I take it this is teabagger jargon for "KOCH BROTHERS??"

http://heartland.org/funding

For many years, we provided a complete list of Heartland’s corporate and foundation donors on this Web site and challenged other think tanks and advocacy groups to do the same. To our knowledge, not a single group followed our lead.

Regrettably, listing our donors in this way allowed people who disagree with our views to accuse us of being “paid” by specific donors to take positions in public policy debates, something we never do. After much deliberation and with some regret, we now keep confidential the identities of all our donors. This is standard practice by nonprofit advocacy organizations regardless of their philosophies.

:eyes:

[Davis_X_Machina]

2. Who said which?

#1: "If the president is serious about relieving EPA’s oppressive burden on America’s economy, he will call off the dogs regarding EPA’s carbon dioxide restrictions, as well.”

#2: “At a time when so many people are hurting, we need to put the decisions about our energy future in to the hands of the people and their elected representatives—especially on issues impacting clean coal. EPA actions in this area would have enormous implications and these issues need to be handled carefully and appropriately dealt with by the Congress, not in isolation by a federal environmental agency"

Number 1 you know, because you put it in the post.

Number 2 is Sherrod Brown, Carl Levin, and six other Democratic senators.

This is not just an Obama problem. This is a 'demagogue the EPA and flip the states (Indiana, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan) where the 2008 election was won and lost' problem.

[roguevalley]

4. given that I have asthma, I want to say a hearty fuck you to this

repug administration and its howdy-doody leader, President Carebear. Nothing like taking care of us minions who have to slave in the slag mills. Can he be any worse than he is?