Fifteen U.S. states seek to block EPA carbon rule

[Little Tich]

Source: Yahoo! News / Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fifteen state attorneys general petitioned a federal court in Washington on Thursday to block new U.S. rules to curb carbon emissions from power plants, in the first of several expected legal challenges to the Obama administration measure.

States that oppose the Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Power Plan filed for the stay in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. The states asked for a ruling by Sept. 8, one year before they need to submit compliance plans to the EPA.

“This rule is the most far-reaching energy regulation in the nation’s history, and the EPA simply does not have the legal authority to carry it out,” West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey said.

The Obama administration unveiled the final version of the Clean Power Plan on Aug. 3. It aims to lower emissions from the country's power plants by 32 percent below 2005 levels by 2030.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/fifteen-u-states-seek-block-epa-carbon-rule-203444103.html

[glinda]

1. So maybe a lawsuit from children to these planet killers is next?

[bucolic_frolic]

2. Yes

Class Action

[Psephos]

5. They can also sue the US govt for saddling them with $18 trillion of debt.

Along with $50 trillion more in unfunded future liabilities.

[xocet]

3. The states are AL, AR, FL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MI, NE, OH, OK, SD, WI, WY and WV. n/t

[Le Taz Hot]

7. Correct me if I'm wrong, but,

all Red states, right?

[xocet]

9. It depends on which criteria determine that...

If the last presidential election is used as the criterion, then all of the states listed are red states excepting WI, MI, OH, and FL.


For the sake of an earlier theme, here is a link to taz.de:

http://www.taz.de/Neue-Snowden-Enthuellungen/!5224556/

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

11. MI might vote "blue" in a presidential general election ...

... but the state House, Senate, and governor are all republican.

[xocet]

10. On the other hand, if the party affiliation of the governor is the criterion...

then all the states are red states excepting Kentucky and West Virginia....

[ellisonz]

4. The Filthy Fifteen

[Uncle Joe]

6. Yay!!! Tennessee is not one of them!!

Thanks for the thread, Little Tich.

[wordpix]

8. these 15 states run by a-holes are betting on a SCOTUS win

Unfortunately, unless Fat Tony dies of artheriosclerosis soon or Clarence chokes on a peach pit, they're likely to get it.

[trillion]

12. Face it. They're socipaths. They don't care that its happening. It's not denial. It's sociopathy.

All along we dems give them too much slack. We act like they're uninformed. Wrong, everything thing they say and do is hate for humanity and the environment.