Trump Taps Person Suing the EPA to Head the EPA

[brycejones]

The Chinese govt 5yr plan is heavily invested in green tech, so lucky you.

We will be clearing the way for them to own the 21st century energy technology while we are busy fighting the Saudis and Russians over the 20th.

Solendra /s

 

[Victorian Gray]

Look its really very simple. If the environment wasn't such a LOSER it would take care of itself. It's so sad the environment is so weak we need to toughen it up a bit. The environment will be winning bigly once these job killing regulations are cancelled.

The environment needs to grab those bootstraps and pull, dammit!

 

[brycejones]

The environment needs to grab those bootstraps and pull, dammit!

Loser environment so weak, can't grab the bootstraps. So sad, so weak, just a real loser.

 

[Accord99]

The Chinese govt 5yr plan is heavily invested in green tech, so lucky you.

It's also heavily invested in 20% more coal electricity generation capacity. China builds up a lot of energy of all form, because even with current economic stagnation it'll need more electricity in the future.

 

[Victorian Gray]

Loser environment so weak, can't grab the bootstraps. So sad, so weak, just a real loser.

The environment need some 'roids and a good workout regime.

 

[Pulsar]

The environment need some 'roids and a good workout regime.

Nah. Just needs to be grabbed right in the pussy.

 

[Sonikku]

But he's not even president yet! Give him a chance!

 

[VirtualLarry]

This was the collateral damage that I was deeply concerned with if he won. Very few people outside those heavily invested in big oil should be happy about this. The rest of us should be outraged. God help us, the environment and the pile of shit we leave our kids and grandkids.

While I think that, perhaps, Obama's EPA was maybe a bit too strict with environmental restrictions, to the point that he claimed that "energy prices would rise (some number)", I'm not sure loosening them too much is such a great idea, either.

I compare Obama's lack of enforcement of immigration laws, and proposing amnesty, to Trump's EPA, weaking environmental protection laws.

We'll have to see. (If we can still see, through the pollution. *Cough, cough*.)

On the other hand, I can see loosening the EPA's regs slightly, to be more competitive with China. We have to do something to be more competitive. If we don't, China might have an advantage over us, moreso than just cheaper labor.

But by the same token, that line of thinking is what brought about the TPP, which I believe, Trump opposes.

I dunno. I like drinking and breathing, without getting loads of hazardous chemicals.

 

[ivwshane]

While I think that, perhaps, Obama's EPA was maybe a bit too strict with environmental restrictions, to the point that he claimed that "energy prices would rise (some number)", I'm not sure loosening them too much is such a great idea, either.

I compare Obama's lack of enforcement of immigration laws, and proposing amnesty, to Trump's EPA, weaking environmental protection laws.

We'll have to see. (If we can still see, through the pollution. *Cough, cough*.)

On the other hand, I can see loosening the EPA's regs slightly, to be more competitive with China. We have to do something to be more competitive. If we don't, China might have an advantage over us, moreso than just cheaper labor.

But by the same token, that line of thinking is what brought about the TPP, which I believe, Trump opposes.

I dunno. I like drinking and breathing, without getting loads of hazardous chemicals.

Just a point of fact; Obama didn't loosen immigration laws he enforced them by prioritizing the limited resources he was given. If you take issues with his enforcement then complain to those who held up his federal judicial appointments which caused a huge back log of cases.

So no, I don't think Obama's immigration policy/picks is analogous to trumps EPA pick.