Coal Plant Lawyers: Global Warming "For Kings And Presidents...To Decide"

[bridgit]

'AUSTIN - A lawyer for TXU Corp has told the judges who will rule on whether it can build a slew of new coal-burning power plants here that global warming is not on the docket, and none of their concern.

"It's for kings and presidents and world leaders to decide how to address global warming," argued TXU attorney John Riley. "It's not for air permit hearings."

With no kings in sight, Texans who oppose TXU's plan to build 11 new plants across the state are nonetheless looking to two administrative judges to block the plan.

They argue it would double CO2 emissions here overnight. Texas already emits more of the greenhouse gas than any other state in the country.

But in court Wednesday, Riley said all that was beside the point.

"What we can do to forestall global warming?", he asked. "The scientists still quarrel over it. But it is a very big issue."'

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/melinda-henneberger/coal-plant-lawyers-globa_b_41849.html

[eppur_se_muova]

1. Not kings and Presidents ... CITIZENS and VOTERS !! nt

[bridgit]

2. Thank You!!

:patriot:

[nam78_two]

4. Yup.nt

[Cerridwen]

3. WWMS?

All that keeps running through my head is "What would Molly say?" *sigh*

Molly Ivins for those of you not reading my mind. :)

[bridgit]

5. i like that...

:)

[kestrel91316]

6. Only the Little People pay taxes, too.