What EPA?

[Kolesar]

Excellent, short and pithy editorial from the Salt Lake Tribune
http://www.sltrib.com/2003/Sep/09012003/opinion/opinion.asp

If there were many people who actually believed the Bush administration's rhetoric of good intentions toward the environment, last week may pretty much have taken care of that.
First, the Environmental Protection Agency's acting administrator approved a rule change that lets industrial plants expand and upgrade without adding air-pollution controls, in apparent violation of the Clean Air Act.
But, with Congress in recess and the EPA without an administrator pending Senate confirmation of Gov. Mike Leavitt to the post, President Bush's people weren't through pushing their anti-regulation, pro-business agenda. On Thursday, the agency announced it cannot legally regulate carbon dioxide, which, in its overabundance, is believed by many scientists -- including a number at the EPA -- to be the main cause of global warming.
...snip...
Competing scientific theories aside, last week's evisceration of federal clean-air regulations was another breathtaking example of the Bush administration's willingness to favor polluting industries over public health and the environment.
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[Fovea]

1. Does this mean that someone

could legally roll a big CO2 tank onstage during a debate with Dubya, crack the valve open, and let it spew into the room while telling the crowd that Dubya's EPA allows you to do it.

Of course, it would be kinder to use comparessed air in a CO2 tank.