SCOTUS Asked to Hear EPA Greenhouse Gas Challenge

[Jroc]

In case anyone wonders why the job situation is not really improving much, Obama's EPA is part of the problem.

WASHINGTON -- Top industry groups and a dozen states have asked the Supreme Court to review a lower court decision upholding the Obama administration's plan to limit greenhouse gas emissions generated by power plants and vehicles.
The parties, which had until Friday to submit petitions to the high court, are challenging a 2012 decision by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals that upheld rules issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

The petitioners attacked the rules on various grounds, but all argued that the agency should not use the Clean Air Act to regulate carbon emissions.

"EPA's ill-founded regulations represent a sweeping expansion of its regulatory power under the Clean Air Act and would impose new requirements on potentially millions of stationary sources across the country," the American Chemistry Council (ACC) said on Thursday.

The ACC was joined by other industry associations including the American Petroleum Institute, the National Association of Home Builders and the National Association of Manufacturers.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, which ruled in favor of the EPA last year, denied the group's request for a rehearing in December, prompting the ACC and other organizations to turn to the Supreme Court.

The petitioners said the EPA incorrectly used the Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) program of the Clean Air Act to regulate greenhouse gases from power plants. They said the program only applies to six other kinds of air pollutants.

U.S. Supreme Court Asked to Hear EPA Greenhouse Gas Challenge

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

Giving the EPA the ability to unilaterally implement regulations was a major screw up by the Congress when it created them. They need to have that power stripped and any proposals they make need to be approved by Congress before they can be enacted. It's a very simple fix.

 

[Jroc]

Giving the EPA the ability to unilaterally implement regulations was a major screw up by the Congress when it created them. They need to have that power stripped and any proposals they make need to be approved by Congress before they can be enacted. It's a very simple fix.

As long as Obama is in power the EPA will become increasing more powerful to the detriment of the country of course

 

[mamooth]

Look at all the people all so upset that the USA isn't like China. Damn that EPA!

 

[Jroc]

Look at all the people all so upset that the USA isn't like China. Damn that EPA!

People are upset over the out of control regulatory power of the EPA...You're welcome