Timothy Carney with The Washington Examiner reported yesterday that the Obama Administration issued draconian rules for regulating greenhouse gases from any new or expanded power plants in January.
This week, the EPA issued its first exemption to these rules.
According to Carney:
The Obama administration will spare a stalled power plant project in California from the newest federal limits on greenhouse gases and conventional air pollution, U.S. EPA says in a new court filing that marks a policy shift in the face of industry groups and Republicans accusing the agency of holding up construction of large industrial facilities.
According to a declaration by air chief Gina McCarthy, officials reviewed EPA policies and decided it was appropriate to “grandfather” projects such as the Avenal Power Center, a proposed 600-megawatt power plant in the San Joaquin Valley, so they are exempted from rules such as new air quality standards for smog-forming nitrogen dioxide (NO2).
(Gina McCarthy proudly served in Mitt Romney’s administration when he was governor of Massachusetts. She was his chief environmental advisor.)
As it turns out, this plant is being powered by GE turbines. And, low and behold, it also just happens that GE CEO Jeff Immelt is Obama’s jobs czar and buddy. If one were cynical, one might think that this plant got special treatment because of the GE-Obama connection. Hmmm.
Read more at The Washington Examiner.
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they must have given him a large donation for his Re-election fund
Am I sensing that someone actually thinks that Obama would really stoop to partisan or crony politics? Hmmm.
There is no global warming. CO2 is not a pollutant. So why impose any "rules?"
Finally someone with common sense!!!!!
Obama the criminal at it again. Talk about unfair business practices. How can any business compete, let alone develop something new with these policies in place?
All part of Agenda 21, an it will get worse,u can count on it
Another reason not to re-elect the Community Organizer! ABO in 2012!
zero and imelt, a pair of jerkoff's , crooked as a snake, twice as sorry !!!
You got that right–if you gave money, are gay and a muslim then you get
special treatment by the blantantly anti-Anerican, gay muslim Obama.
Duh Bro Gotta Go!
The quicker, the better!
And still congress will not say thing about his cronyism, or investigate how much he is getting for allowing the change in the rules.
No Balls…
If you're not waking up a friend or neighbor and asking them not to take your word but do their own homework, you are on your way to a fema camp – may be too late anyway. There is no global warming – it's a liberal hoax – this is more war on business except for those businessmen who are one of the few friends Obama has. If we have an election – ABO
Of course, his "rules" only apply to his enemies!!
I cannot wait for "Amateur Hour at the White House" staring "it's not my fault Obama" to be cancelled by the voters in November 2012!
A bumper sticker reads: "If you voted for Obama in 2008 to prove you were not a racist, vote for someone else in 2012 to prove you're not an idiot!"
"Hypocrisy and Bo, Gotta Go in 2012!"
With "friends" like this, who needs enemies. Iran doesn't have to detonate an atomic weapon above the United States to send us into the stone age. We have the POTUS and his administration destroying our energy sources by decree.
It is unbelieveable to me that there are still people that ask, " why is Obama doing this". Get your heads out of your butts people, Obama hates this country and will do whatever it takes to tear it apart and tear it down for his communist supporters. He is a Muslim, he hates Americans, he will be dictator soon if we don't stop him. This is a critical year, stop whining about the EPA, they are just following Obamas' marching orders. Stock up on your food and ammunition, this may well turn into a bloody fight. Fight with your voice, fight with your vote and stop being whimps.
Your a fucking idiot dude you must be a republican because you all sound the same. He was born in Hawii and his mother is white and his mother raised him and I'm sure she wasn't a Muslim. I'm fighting you with my voice shut up and get your facs straight!!!!!
BO'S SPITTING INTO THE WIND AGAIN. Our Constitution is the law of the land, not B Obama! There is nothing in The Constitution that says anything about AGENCIES, EPA or an ACTING PRESIDENT"S rules and regulations, or nonexistant GLOBAL WARMING. Therefore these so called rules are for someone else, but not the USA. Thomas Jefferson would say these subjects are NULL AND VOID AND OF NO EFFECT!!!! GE continues to work with the COMMIES!
More crony capitalism from Obama if you work with him as GE.'s Jeff Immelt does, as jobs czar, you get special treatment ii is called slime in chicago and Obama is very familiar with the phrase and how to use it effectively.
Agreed every thing about him is slime. He has to go. how can the idiots in this country support this treasonous bastid.Tells you something about how the education system has gone done the tubes in this country.The young puppies in the MSM are complicit in taking this country down. After thats done THEY will be the FIRST to be sent to obamas concentration camps .today they are being built also known as FEMA.
Unfortunately the 'inner city' blacks that are still on Welfare or the Government 'Dole' will continue to support him along with his Union buddies. Put them with the Liberals and the Liberal 'Left' Wing Press and he will still be hard to beat in November. I am still worried he will get re-elected! God help us if he does!
If one is exempted then all should be exempted. Exempt everything obumbutt has ever done. Exempt him from office.
I fear there is a revolution comming very soon.
Obumbo knows california is already in his bag, he doesn,t want to piss them off by taking a power plant off line and creating more brown outs + its imelts precious ge so he won't screw a big donator. Its amazing that liberals accuse conservatives of the very bad behavior that they themselves participate in with their buddies, and it is so transparent, they do it every single time. If you want to know what a liberal is up to, just see what he is accusing conservatives of.
It's time to hit the streets, people. How much more tyranny are yous going to put up with? There's strength in numbers and it is way,way past time to become civil disobedient as the LEFT had done for years. The right will need to get off there duffs if they want to maintain what little freedom that they have left!
Like they say ducks of a feather,stick together, pigs do to, an wolfs