Tue Aug 21, 2012, 09:41 PM

choie (1,179 posts)

Court strikes down EPA rule on coal pollution

Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday overturned a key Obama administration rule to reduce harmful emissions from coal-burning power plants, sparking a rally in coal company shares and relief among utility firms.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit said in a 2-1 decision that the Environmental Protection Agency had exceeded its mandate with the rule, which was to limit sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions from power plants in 28 mostly Eastern states and Texas.

In the latest setback for the EPA, the court sent the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule back for revision, telling the agency to administer its existing Clean Air Interstate Rule - the Bush-era regulation that it was updating - in the interim. The EPA said it was reviewing the ruling.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/court-strikes-down-epa-pollution-rule-151452419--sector.html

damn, damn, damn

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9 replies	Author	Time	Post
Court strikes down EPA rule on coal pollution (Original post)	choie	Aug 2012	OP
Sons of Blowholes!	burrowowl	Aug 2012	#1
.	XemaSab	Aug 2012	#2
Let's hope you folks take all 3 branches of government	canuckledragger	Aug 2012	#3
Do these courts EVER do anything good for people?	bucolic_frolic	Aug 2012	#4
So the coke brothers bought 2 of the 3 judges, correct ?	russspeakeasy	Aug 2012	#5
God damn republican judges	Botany	Aug 2012	#6
The Court:	DJFrey	Aug 2012	#7
Nailed it.	freshwest	Aug 2012	#9
Sad, sad, sad	xtraxritical	Aug 2012	#8

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Tue Aug 21, 2012, 09:42 PM

burrowowl (8,954 posts)

1. Sons of Blowholes!

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Tue Aug 21, 2012, 09:44 PM

XemaSab (57,406 posts)

2. .

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Tue Aug 21, 2012, 10:03 PM

canuckledragger (279 posts)

3. Let's hope you folks take all 3 branches of government

in the next election...

& turn the EPA back into what it was supposed to be in the first place, a safeguard for the health & safety of the people & the environment.

Enough gutting of the safety nets & such by right-wingers & greedy businessmen that don't like 'em

And FUCK the corporations & other businesses that threaten to leave because of 'too many regulations'.

Get tough & revoke their charters too if they prove to be hazardous to the PEOPLES' health.

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Tue Aug 21, 2012, 10:09 PM

bucolic_frolic (708 posts)

4. Do these courts EVER do anything good for people?

The judges should all inhale .... deeply.

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Tue Aug 21, 2012, 10:13 PM

russspeakeasy (5,731 posts)

5. So the coke brothers bought 2 of the 3 judges, correct ?

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Tue Aug 21, 2012, 10:18 PM

Botany (36,040 posts)

6. God damn republican judges

We don't need spruce and fir trees on top of the mts. in the east.

and we don't need fish, frogs, and plants to live in our lakes either.

What part of self supporting ecosystem don't these fuckers get? And don't they understand
that we are part of the system too?

We need the White House, the House, the Senate, and the SCOTUS to get rid of these un-American
non thinking mother fuckers.

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Tue Aug 21, 2012, 10:45 PM

DJFrey (19 posts)