Supreme Court limits EPA global warming rules

[glenn1]

Wonder if poor little Al Gore will cry. I know this is wonderful news for anyone who actually does want the middle and lower classes to do well instead of just worsening their standard of living with pricier energy for basically no benefit.



http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/06/23/supreme-court-limits-epa-global-warming-rules/

 

[Jimzz]

Actually it was a very narrow opinion and had 2 verdicts. Even Scalia admitted it removes very little over sight from the EPA.

Scalia, writing for the court, said "EPA is getting almost everything it wanted in this case." Scalia said the agency wanted to regulate 86 percent of all greenhouse gases emitted from plants nationwide. The agency will be able to regulate 83 percent of the emissions under the ruling, Scalia said.


Did you even read the article?

 

[realibrad]

Wonder if poor little Al Gore will cry. I know this is wonderful news for anyone who actually does want the middle and lower classes to do well instead of just worsening their standard of living with pricier energy for basically no benefit.



http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/06/23/supreme-court-limits-epa-global-warming-rules/

Are you working off the presumption that man does not have a negative effect on the climate?

 

[PokerGuy]

I don't see this making that much of a difference, but I'm not sure I understand the details involved. Just based on reading the article it would seem that this ruling helps curb the EPA's ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, while leaving intact their ability to regulate other emissions they previously regulated. Seems like a good thing, we don't want an even more out of control epa with even more power.

 

[Moonbeam]

Are you working off the presumption that man does not have a negative effect on the climate?

No matter how many assumptions you punch through with conservative brains that rationalize information their egos find unpleasant, like for example, their stupidity will kill their kiks, they will just invent some new bubble reality to help them deny. It's endless and the disaster of their stupidity is pretty certain. One day their kids will call them assholes. The conservative of tomorrow is the liberal of today.

 

[First]

lol, OP failed to read the article. Ruling was very limited and EPA basically got nearly 100% of what it wanted.

 

[xBiffx]

Basically the EPA gets stuck with mostly doing what the EPA should be doing: regulating emissions that cause actual pollution. If you emit only CO2 then the EPA doesn't have much teeth.

 

[Strk]

The article seems a little confusing. Does this ruling just say the EPA needs more than just emissions to issue permits or what? It doesn't sound like this decision does much of anything.

 

[Thebobo]

Read the Wall street version

Supreme Court Ruling Backs Most EPA Emission Controls
Justices Say EPA Can Require Pollution Controls but Limits Permitting Process

http://online.wsj.com/articles/supreme-court-reins-in-some-of-epas-greenhouse-gas-efforts-1403534416

 

[Thebobo]

Wonder if poor little Al Gore will cry. I know this is wonderful news for anyone who actually does want the middle and lower classes to do well instead of just worsening their standard of living with pricier energy for basically no benefit.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/06/23/supreme-court-limits-epa-global-warming-rules/

And look at the WSJ title - FOX is so lame

Supreme Court Ruling Backs Most EPA Emission Controls

 

[Jaskalas]

Fox: Supreme Court limits EPA global warming rules
WSJ: Supreme Court Ruling Backs Most EPA Emission Controls

Technically the headlines are not in conflict AND they are both true.
Quite a difference though, eh?

 

[K1052]

Basically the EPA gets stuck with mostly doing what the EPA should be doing: regulating emissions that cause actual pollution. If you emit only CO2 then the EPA doesn't have much teeth.

Find me a coal power plant that only emits pure CO2 and nothing else.

 

[IGBT]

the eco-KOOKS need their neck stepped on. More will be on the way.

 

[DominionSeraph]

Another win for FREEDOM!