Bush: No Greenhouse Gas Regulation Under My Watch

Washington Post:

The Bush administration has decided not to take any new steps to regulate greenhouse gas emissions before the president leaves office, despite pressure from the Supreme Court and broad accord among senior federal officials that new regulation is appropriate now.

The Environmental Protection Agency plans to announce today that it will seek months of further public comment on the threat posed by global warming to human health and welfare -- a matter that federal climate experts and international scientists have repeatedly said should be urgently addressed.

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Comments

[truthyguy]

There they sit - Dumb and his Stepford wife - totally out of touch with reality.

[ccpostman]

I hope they like their ranch. I don't think their going to get to many invites anywhere else. Maybe prison?
He is clueless to the end!

[americanwhocares]

Pelosi finally puts impeachment "back on the table". The only reason is because Cindy Sheehan is going to take her seat in the House in January 2009. Please help make this happen by supporting Cindy:

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[frappe]

B-ush's legacy? He will be remembered as a ____ stain on the underpants of history.

[Apollonavigator]

I can't wait for Obama to become president, and the democrat party becomes a vote-proof majority. The climate will cool, the seas will fall, gas will go back to $1.99. Terrorists will lay down their arms and all evil men will be confined to a small plot of land in Texas..
All will be good in Amerika.
Cumbaja my friends, cumbaja....la la la.... la la...............................Ha!

[garbovatwins]

The position this human holds that he will be relinquishing soon, is the one voice that can change your future and heal your world. It is unfortunate the amount of damage that has been done to the delicate balance your world needs to sustain you as a species because of his arrogance and silence. Choose your next leader wisely for you cannot afford this voice to remain silent any longer.

[StarkRavingNakedEmperor]

Wow! You know things must be bad when a fascist right-wing rag owned by the Rev Sun Myung Moon is worried that the Bush administration may have gone too far in neglecting the environment!

[StarkRavingNakedEmperor]

As Emily Litella used to say, "Ohh...!Nevermind!" Moon is the owner/editor of the Washington TIMES, not the POST. (Sorry!)

[ultracrepidarian]

Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.

[PioneerKing]

This is to be expected from a President whose administration has been nothing but hot air and a smoke and mirrors con game on America.

[dr4Will]

get the jerk out as soon as possible--what a disgrace not only to America but the whole world!! Father Time move that clock!!!

[ThermoChemist]

This recent Bush environmental "item" is no surprise.

[1] Bush's environmental record for his FIRST TERM (as of 09/2004):
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/latestnews/index.php?id=154

200 Number of regulation rollbacks downgrading or weakening environmental laws in Bush's first three years in office.

50 Percentage decline in EPA enforcement actions against polluters under Bush's watch
34 Percentage decline in criminal penalties for environmental crimes since Bush took office
50 Percentage decline in civil penalties for environmental crimes since Bush took office

$6.1m Amount the EPA historically valued each human life when conducting economic analyses of proposed regulations
$3.7m Amount the EPA valued each human life when conducting analyses of proposed regulations during the Bush administration

62 Number of members of Cheney's 63-person Energy Task Force with ties to corporate energy interests
0 Number of environmentalists asked to attend Cheney's Energy Task Force meetings

[2] WHY do the REPUBLICANS hate the environment...?

[a] Updated Congressional Environmental Voting Records for 1999
http://restoringsanity.org/environment/cong_env_99.html

In 1999, two-thirds of the Republican Senators voted AGAINST the environment 100% of the time. Since controlling the House in 1994, Republicans have actively sought to roll back or WEAKEN legislation / regulations put in place to protect / improve the environment.

[b] League of Conservation Voters - National Environment Scorecard
http://www.lcv.org/scorecard/

The majority of states having Republican "leadership", and the majority of Congressional Committees led by Republicans, scored LOWER on environmental issues.

[oneofsixbillion]

What is the economic model for extinction?

[marijam]

How ironic that since nobody else can afford those gas guzzlers the auto manufacturers are being forced to cut back on their production. Pretty soon, they will all be "classics".

[brushfinch]

He wont do it...let's just do what we can ourselves...there are lots of little things we can each do, but if we do them together, it makes a big difference.
Turn off the lights, do not turn the air conditioner on uless it is really hot,limit yourshowers to 3 to 5 minutes,walk when you can,buy a grocery cart and do your grocery shopping with that instead of driving 3 blockstothe supermarket, change your lightbulbs, shop green, do not gift wrap,etc. There are a variety of website that can give you ideas. You may not be able to do everything but even if you do just twoor three of these things, it helps...and for God's sake,do not listen to the government, stop shopping for things you want..shop only for what you need and put your money in the bank!!!

[Javani]

"Career EPA officials argued that the global benefits of reducing carbon are worth at least $40 per ton"

That tells you what this is really about. They are pricing carbon credits for auction/distribution. George Bush not acting on this is completely correct. Cap and trade is a Wall Street financier trading scam. If they wanted to merely regulate carbon outputs they could do it as a whole variety of emissions are curtailed by regulations today. They do not suggest this simple, logical solution because there is no money to be made in trading something. Cap and trade is a parasite on environmentalism and concerns for energy independence. Cap and trade will fall, the bubble will collapse, AGW hoax will abate, and environmentalism will be left deeply soiled in the minds of most of the population.

[1rewd1]

Ooo-la-la I'm in love!

Excellent post.

[TheEmptinessOfTruthiness]

It's sad but that's exactly how these devious sociopaths think.

[NotaBeliever]

I hate to come off like a Libertarian here, but what is to keep everyday normal PEOPLE who make decisions every single day of their lives to decide to do the right thing for the world? I know you won't get the Republicans, the neo-cons, and the Rush Limbaugh brigades to admit culpability for climate change. But everyone else could be working on their own personal greenhouse emissions, their very own carbon footprint. We're all just waiting for GWBush to leave office, and that's the stupidest thing we can do.

[Javani]

"But everyone else could be working on their own personal greenhouse emissions, their very own carbon footprint. "

Don't worry. With either Barack or McVain you will have compulsory management over your life and you will be taken up with fretting how to lobby Congress that your carbon credit allotments were too small. Everyone will. Warning: you will be competing against cartels of businesses and other large interests.

Heck, the Wall Street boys are already discussing securitizing carbon credits. Maybe there will be a Fannie Carbon in our future.

[dolphy]

NO CANDY FOR YOU! What an infantile 62 year old brain.

[BetterDeadthanRedState]

According to the Supreme Court, isn't this a crime?