Posted by
Sgt Relic on Sunday, August 24, 2008 6:12:13 PM
Many of you will remember with great fondness when Al Gore tried to explain his phone calls from the White House soliciting Democratic campaign contributions by citing that there was "no controlling legal authority". EPA is one of those federal agencies that seems to have paid attention to this kind of weaseling speech. This largely unregulated, power hungry agency, is set for a massive expansion of power by once again overreaching it's mandate to include CO2 emissions. Here is the text of the email I received from "Americans for Prosperity" calling for public help to turn back this growth of government.
The EPA is asking for public comments on its intention to regulate greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act, something the Act was never designed to do. We need your voice to be heard.
Over the past year, AFP has been warning you about global warming alarmism and the environmental political correctness that it has spawned. One of the greatest dangers this alarmism presents is the continued rise of unelected bureaucrats and their attempts to grab power from the people. The proposed regulation by the EPA is a clear example of the regulations this panic will produce.
After the Senate rejected a plan to regulate greenhouse gases, the EPA decided to go ahead and do it anyway. The extent of their plan is truly terrifying. If this proposal becomes law, 33 programs within the EPA would be empowered to, among other things:
• Impose Grass Mileage Standards for Home Lawnmowers
• Put Speed Limiters on the Commercial Trucking Fleet
• List Large Single-Family Homes as Carbon-Polluters
• Require Carbon Permits for Retail, Restaurant, Hotel and School Construction
We need your help to tell the EPA this is unacceptable. Environmentalists will be stuffing the comment box with their opinion; we need you to make your voice heard. "
I urge the TH community to read this information and help to head off this carbon grab before it can get started.