WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to act for the first time to regulate carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases that scientists blame for the warming of the planet, according to top Obama administration officials.
The decision, which most likely would play out in stages over a period of months, would have a profound impact on transportation, manufacturing costs and how utilities generate power. It could accelerate the progress of energy and climate change legislation in Congress and form a basis for the United States’ negotiating position at United Nations climate talks set for December in Copenhagen.
The environmental agency is under order from the Supreme Court to make a determination whether carbon dioxide is a pollutant that endangers public health and welfare, an order that the Bush administration essentially ignored despite near-unanimous belief among agency experts that research points inexorably to such a finding.
Lisa P. Jackson, the new E.P.A. administrator, said in an interview that she had asked her staff to review the latest scientific evidence and prepare the documentation for a so-called endangerment finding. Ms. Jackson said she had not decided to issue such a finding but she pointedly noted that the second anniversary of the Supreme Court decision, Massachusetts v. E.P.A., is April 2, and there is the wide expectation that she will act by then.
“We here know how momentous that decision could be,” Ms. Jackson said. “We have to lay out a road map.”
She took a first step on Tuesday when she said that the agency would reconsider a Bush administration decision not to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from new coal-burning power plants. In announcing the reversal, Ms. Jackson suggested that the E.P.A. was considering additional measures to regulate heat-trapping gases. The White House signaled that it fully supported Ms. Jackson’s approach, deferring to her to discuss the administration’s response to the Supreme Court case.
February 19th, 2009 at 6:38 am
Great new product idea: personal CO2 monitoring masks, linked via the internet to the government tax authorities. That way they can ding people for every breath they take.
Utterly insane!
Dave – Erstwhile Urban Wanderer
Maximus Desmus Arillius Reply:
February 19th, 2009 at 8:05 am
This freakin helarious! We have the largest military that consumes the most oil and does more damage to the atmosphere than anyother nation and we are going to tax the people of that nation for the exhaust of a sheep or goat?
What kind of freakin idiots are the American people? When will they stop thinking gov will save them and change there diaper?
What losers this once great nation has become.
To think that Bush 1 and his CIA/Skull n Bones cronies whacks JFK and he and his posse move in to the white house shortly after and begin to start ther own fascist government, the one Prescott Bush(dear old dad) was thrownout of the senate for.
Then they form the CFR, NWO, Bilderbergs, and now to throw it in your face blatenly with the collapse of the market and the total fascist control of government as they said they’de do.
Wake up everyone and form small groups. Form town hall meetings of your own. Get Envolved. Start a media project. And when that piece of _____says “yes we can” you say No You Wont !!! Not this time!
Maximus Desmus Arillius Reply:
February 19th, 2009 at 8:50 am
Oh and with the CO2 monitoring masks, can l have my organs harvested with anestetic please. 0h thats right, you will kill me at the time of harvesting.
People wake the hell up!!!!
The already doing all this in China because they fell asleep and let the same evil take over.
PATRIOT2009 Reply:
February 19th, 2009 at 11:02 am
LAST I KNEW, BURNING PETROLUM PRODUCES CARBON MONOXIDE, NOT CO2.
David S Reply:
February 19th, 2009 at 12:54 pm
Burning petroleum produces H2O ( water) and CO2 mostly. If the process is not entirely efficient then some CO will be produced. Modern cars produce very little CO, but less efficient devices like lawn mower engines produce quite a bit.
storky Reply:
February 19th, 2009 at 11:05 am
The ultimate effect of this legislation is increased fuel efficiency of vehicles, appliances and industry, thus all forms of pollution will be reduced.
Oh the horror!!!
American industry seldom moves to serve public health and safety without a mandate. Here is the mandate.
eris Reply:
February 20th, 2009 at 4:37 am
That CO2 is a pollutant? Learn some basic chemistry before someone tries to convince you that dihydrogen monoxide is a pollutant also.
February 19th, 2009 at 7:24 am
Start at Al Gore’s mansions.
That Dog Don't Hunt Reply:
February 19th, 2009 at 8:06 am
Start with that windbag Al Gore.
storky Reply:
February 19th, 2009 at 11:08 am
Too late.
Al Gore’s mansion is already a showcase of commonly available green technology.
What else you got?
February 19th, 2009 at 7:26 am
Reminds me of the old joke”why have jews got big noses?….airs free….[not any more.]
get an education Reply:
February 19th, 2009 at 12:57 pm
maybe if you watch this you will clear out your
incredibly dark heart!
http://www.slideshare.net/cinb.....powerpoint
wake up, get an education, an intelligent, cogent mind is an assest, but one filled with
dribble and hate is a total waste to the movement!
reconmarine Reply:
February 20th, 2009 at 4:51 am
He is right about the nose you fucktard!!! Stop being a idiot
eris Reply:
February 20th, 2009 at 4:39 am
moron
February 19th, 2009 at 7:50 am
start with the federal reserve. oh wait, the epa is owned by the ponzi scheme federal reserve and their global warming hoax for global taxes to fund global bombings of the children.
February 19th, 2009 at 8:09 am
its just another way for the govt maggot to crawl into your wallet and live ….and SpongeBarack’s gonna make sure of it !
February 19th, 2009 at 8:15 am
There’s a problem with the first paragraph of this article….It should read “and other greenhouse gasses that politicians blame for the warming of the planet”.
Let’s face facts. This is a political motivated endeavor, which ultimately means it has only two purposes, power and money. No scientist worth his salt believes human activity is primary influence on global climate. I’m a bit curious about all this since the Earth has been in a cooling trend for the past few years. What next? A global cooling tax?
February 19th, 2009 at 8:22 am
Hmmm since 99% of all greenhouse gasses are produced naturally and only 1% are man made, shouldn’t they tax the Earth itself? Oh wait a mintue the Earth will tell the greedy corporations and fear-mongers to f— off. I guess it means the poor and middle class will be the ones held at gun point.
Why can’t they just be honest and say we have the army, navy, air force and weapons and we want to tax you to oblivion? What are you guys going to about it? Complain and we will shoot you!
Why all the bad science (or politics masquerading as science)? I’m the biggest tree hugger around, but this is pure nonsense.
Why can’t we worry about things like Kodak corporation polluting rivers and lakes? There are many legitimate environmental concerns, why create a hoax?
Oh yes, how silly of me, this hoax taxes the poor and middle class, whilst taxing legitimate environmental sins places the tax burden on the wealthy!
February 19th, 2009 at 8:25 am
United Nations: An organization dedicated to destoying U.S. sovereignty, creating an oppressive global government, subjugating the meek and installing a permanent reign of tyranny upon all free people.
February 19th, 2009 at 8:45 am
Webster, you left out the part of utilizing private armies such as CIA, MI6, Blackwater etc to murder and destroy and manipulate people throughout the globe.
February 19th, 2009 at 9:05 am
on sept 11 epa says they air was safe to breath. today there is fer to much flatulence, we obviously need a tax. i’m choking on the poopile from the whitehouse. good job the windows don’t open, or it would be the whitehouse with a brown top. actually it is
February 19th, 2009 at 9:27 am
It would be great if Alex can get John Coleman on his show:
http://www.good.is/?p=14864>1=48001
If you read the article carefully they are trying to impune the man by suggesting old age, let go from a job etc. Maybe the author should have gone through being edited more thoroughly. He uses the “f” word. Not cool!!
February 19th, 2009 at 10:12 am
This is to teach you that LIFE IS BAD. Not a word about real pollution like toxic waste dumping, depleted uranium etc. This is a monumental scam. Welcome to 1984.
February 19th, 2009 at 10:51 am
its all about control!When are the people going to wake up and fight back?I hope it is soon because all this crap is causing me a headache!
reconmarine Reply:
February 20th, 2009 at 4:52 am
Ohio will be the last place to do anything! They’re all fucked up retards. And the state is nothing better than a squashed piece of dog shit on the road.
February 19th, 2009 at 11:07 am
“Global warming” is as much a misnomer as was “bush the decider”. Global climate change is real. But, some places warm, some cool. Some get wetter, some dryer. The earth is a dynamic, living host and may not follow the models generated by billion dollar computers.
Humans have an impact, just look at the mountains that have been removed for coal or gold or what-have-you. But, what that impact is doing to Earth is certainly debatable.
My best guess is that a much bigger problem than the release of a molecule that is recycled by plant life, sequestered in sea life and released by massive volcanic eruptions on a scale that still dwarfs anything humans can achieve, is not the culprit.
Instead, look to the holes in the ozone that every increasing usage of HAARP is creating. Solar radiation making it past a weakening ozone layer is much more damaging than is ‘global warming’. They try to mitigate the damage by seeding the lower atmosphere with who-knows-what to help reflect the radiation back into space.
But, the damage is done, radiation is causing record skin cancer cases around the world. It’s helping the globalist agenda by naturally sterilizing the populous as well.
Global climate change is real. 1st question then; Is it bad? We will soon find out. Civilizations have fallen due to natural fluctuations in climate. 2nd question; Is this climate change caused by human activities? Without doubt! But, it’s a very small minority of elitist scum who pull the strings of the puppets we think are running things and not so much the people trying to make a living and get through life.
February 19th, 2009 at 12:14 pm
If everyone would just live off the land they have or just move to the country and hunt and fish, then you wouldn’t need their products or money anymore. This would render them powerless! Problem is this country is a bunch of lazy non-thinking humans! The ultimate victory could be had by ignoring politicians and super-rich figure heads that move all work to other countries! If you aren’t in their system they are POWERLESS! This will never happen because too many are glued to their high definition television sets to care! Keep gulping down that bullshit folks! It’ll all be over for you soon!
February 20th, 2009 at 8:03 am
It looks like they learned nothing.
In 4 years all these green idiots will be gone.
It is time for Bush 3