 Noah VailSon made my AvatarPremium
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| Bad week/month/year for the EPA The EPA seems to be having a tough go of it lately
said by Frenterprise :Seven strikes, you're out? EPA court defeats keep piling up
August is starting to look a lot like March, with two separate federal courts rebuking the EPA for ignoring the plain text of the Clean Air Act and attempting to usurp the authority of the states'; to achieve air quality emissions standards.
Yesterday, the D.C. Circuit struck down the EPA's "Cross-State Air Pollution Rule" that would have imposed $2.4 billion (at least!) in drastic new requirements on utilities in "upwind states" to curb emissions that could affect "downwind states" (EME Homer v. EPA). That sounds like a laudable objective - except, as the D.C. Circuit explained, the Clean Air Act already has a provision to address this very problem I've used the EPA as a revenge mechanism against gov/biz that have cheesed me off; so I can find some support in my heart for it.
However in the case of overreaching federal agencies I feel we need a strong Loser Pays clause when courts have to intervene in order get an agency to behave.
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 BF69Premium
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Camden, TN | A) what does this have to do with anything on this site?
B) The federal government is in it's right. So Arkansas can send air pollution into Tennessee? That's like saying you're neighbors can empty their septic tank in your yards. Um no they can't. Why are you rooting for BIG BUSINESS polluters? Do you hate America? I'm asking not saying. |
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Noah VailSon made my AvatarPremium
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| said by BF69:A) what does this have to do with anything on this site? 
Exempted from relevance
said by BF69:B) The federal government is in it's right. So Arkansas can send air pollution into Tennessee? That's like saying you're neighbors can empty their septic tank in your yards. Um no they can't. Why are you rooting for BIG BUSINESS polluters? Do you hate America? I'm asking not saying. Ah ha. Made you reply to topic not relevant to site.
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 KrKHeavy Artillery For The Little GuyPremium
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Tulsa, OK | reply to Noah Vail
This sucks for us, however. During the summer we get major pollution coming up from Dallas, TX and the ozone and smog skyrockets. You get that cap in the atmosphere where it can build day after day.
Result is violations galore and horrible air quality, and much of it comes from "upwind."
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KearnstdElf WizardPremium
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Mullica Hill, NJ | reply to Noah Vail
I think the rules need to be applied more equally. As it stands now in some areas a downwind state has stricter rules and higher costs than an upwind state.
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said by BF69:A) what does this have to do with anything on this site?
B) The federal government is in it's right. So Arkansas can send air pollution into Tennessee? That's like saying you're neighbors can empty their septic tank in your yards. Um no they can't. Why are you rooting for BIG BUSINESS polluters? Do you hate America? I'm asking not saying.
Citizens in SF with very clean air are subjected to Enhanced Emission Enforcement so the folks in Fresno can have cleaner air, so how is it the upwind areas that are always at fault? We send them clean air! |
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