Wisconsin to join lawsuit to block Obama greenhouse gas cuts
Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Wisconsin to join lawsuit to block Obama greenhouse gas cuts
By Lee Bergquist
Updated: 3:18 p.m.
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At the request of Gov. Scott Walker, Attorney Brad Schimel said Monday he would join a group of other states and file a lawsuit against the Obama administration's plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced details of what it is calling its "clean power plan," which aims to reduce carbon emission by 32% from below 2005 levels by 2030.
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"Yet again, President Obama is taking unilateral action and overstepping the limits of his authority to pursue a political agenda," Walker said in a statement.
...........Wisconsin joined a group of other states that filed suit against the EPA over the carbon emissions reduction plan. The states said that Obama administration exceeded its authority.
The suit, however, was dismissed by a federal appeals court on technical grounds, and now expected to be quickly resurrected.
Obama's plan became a point of controversy in the 2016 presidential race, with Hillary Rodham Clinton voicing her strong support and using it to criticize her GOP opponents for failing to offer a credible alternative.
"It's a good plan, and as president, I'd defend it," Clinton said................
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I expected nothing less from our climate change denier!! Just wasting more WI taxpayer money.
Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)riversedge
(70,383 posts)Dont call me Shirley
(10,998 posts)We generally agree on a lot of things
City Lights
(25,171 posts)The Kochwalker disgusts me.
restorefreedom
(12,655 posts)could not POSSIBLY be more transparent....
slimy lapdog. another pathetic excuse for a man.
wonder if he friends with the cecil killer
dbackjon
(6,578 posts)Why does the GOP hate the environment?
turbinetree
(24,737 posts)he drinks different water, and breaths different air, and eats different food than everyone else on the planet and then to top it all off he is bankrupting the state, just like the other whiz kids Christie, Brownback, on the top of the list
Honk------------for a political revolution Bernie 2016
rladdi
(581 posts)USA. They make billions over destroying clean air, water and land. When will the real intelligent people wake up to the GOP criminal politicians. AH, the Texas AG got indicted today.