Tell The EPA You DON’T Want Their Meddling in the Economy Over Global Warming
Posted on July 20, 2008
-By Warner Todd Huston
The EPA is looking to expand its powers even more thanks to the Supreme Court of the United States. It is about to meddle ever more in our national economic health with its claimed “fixes” to the non-existent “problem” of global warming.
But, we citizens have a chance to have our say. The EPA has opened up to public comments on their latest power grab. I urge each of you to email your insistence that the EPA lay off our economy with their anti-capitalist notions of fixing the non-existent problem of global warming.
We only have 120 days to make our comments so get this to EVERYONE you know. To email a comment use this address: a-and-r-Docket@epa.gov
And be sure and put in the subject line of the e-mail the following information:
Docket ID Number: EPA-HQ-OAR-2008-0318
Here is some of the info on the government website:
Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Regulating Greenhouse Gas Emissions under the Clean Air Act
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is inviting comment from all interested parties on options and questions to be considered for possible greenhouse gas regulations under the Clean Air Act. EPA is issuing an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) to gather information and determine how to proceed.
The Advance Notice
The ANPR is one of the steps EPA has taken in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Massachusetts v. EPA. The Court found that the Clean Air Act authorizes EPA to regulate tailpipe greenhouse gas emissions if EPA determines they cause or contribute to air pollution that may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health or welfare. The ANPR reflects the complexity and magnitude of the question of whether and how greenhouse gases could be effectively controlled under the Clean Air Act.
The document summarizes much of EPA’s work and lays out concerns raised by other federal agencies during their review of this work. EPA is publishing this notice at this time because it is impossible to simultaneously address all the agencies’ issues and respond to the agency’s legal obligations in a timely manner.
Key Issues for Discussion and Comment in the ANPR:
- Descriptions of key provisions and programs in the CAA, and advantages and disadvantages of regulating GHGs under those provisions;
- How a decision to regulate GHG emissions under one section of the CAA could or would lead to regulation of GHG emissions under other sections of the Act, including sections establishing permitting requirements for major stationary sources of air pollutants;
- Issues relevant for Congress to consider for possible future climate legislation and the potential for overlap between future legislation and regulation under the existing CAA; and,
- Scientific information relevant to, and the issues raised by, an endangerment analysis.
EPA will accept public comment on the ANPR for 120 days following its publication in the Federal Register.
Background
In April 2007, the Supreme Court concluded that GHGs meet the CAA definition of an air pollutant. Therefore, EPA has authority under the CAA to regulate GHGs subject to the endangerment test for new motor vehicles – an Agency determination that GHG emissions from new motor vehicles cause or contribute to air pollution that may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health or welfare.
A decision to regulate GHG emissions for motor vehicles impacts whether other sources of GHG emissions would need to be regulated as well, including establishing permitting requirements for stationary sources of air pollutants.
To view the five technical supporting documents in the docket go to http://www.regulations.gov. The document titles are:
- Technical Support Document – Benefits
- Technical Support Document – Stationary Source
- Draft Technical Support Document – Endangerment Analysis for Greenhouse Gas Emissions under the Clean Air Act
- Technical Support Document – Section 202 Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- Vehicle Technical Support Document – Mobile Source
Email them right away.
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I did my part, although I have my doubts that they will really listen:
To Whom It May Concern:
I am joining thousands of other Americans in asking you to please not destroy our economy and standard of living by enacting yet more regulations because of so-called “climate change”. The climate has always changed, since the beginning of our planet. Gases such as CO2 and methane are naturally occurring and Earth would be devoid of life without them. These gases are a very small part of our atmosphere:
Nitrogen – 78.084%
Oxygen – 20.95%
Argon – 0.934%
Carbon Dioxide – 0.036%
Neon – 0.0018%
Helium – 0.0005%
Methane – 0.00017%
Hydrogen – 0.00005%
Nitrous Oxide – 0.00003%
Ozone – 0.000004%
Plus 1-4% water vapor.
Since the release of Al Gore’s very inaccurate “documentary”, it’s been proven via historical data that the increase in CO2 FOLLOWS an increase in temperature. The temperature WAS increasing because of heightened sun activity and cosmic radiation. However, this increase peaked in 1998 and the planet has since been cooling, mostly because the sun is entering a quiet period. Are you as ’scientists’ saying that humans can compete with the sun for affecting Earth’s climate?
And what is the result of a bit more CO2 in the atmosphere? an increase in plant growth, a lesson most of us learned in kindergarten. It’s part of the circle of life. Humans, other mammals, and decaying plant life expel CO2 while living plants use it for the photosynthesis process. Without CO2, no life is possible on Earth.
Now, since I, a non-scientist can easily understand these facts, I expect my government to also understand these facts. As well as basic economic facts: if you increase regulation on industry and our everyday activity, you depress our economic growth and decrease our standard of living. Our technical innovation in this country is responsible for saving millions of lives by allowing us to cool and heat our homes, grow enough food for ourselves and a large portion of the rest of the world, invent wonderful life-saving medical treatments, etc. Also by over-regulating these activities, you decrease our ability to compete with other growing countries like China and India that have no such barriers to growth.
Just one volcano or a couple of large forest fires will overwhelm any doubtful miniscule gains from over-regulation. You can’t compete with Mother Nature. I remember the affects of Mount Pinatubo and Mount St. Helens and their impact on climate around the world. No human society can equal that impact. Perhaps your ’scientists’ should read other government agency reports on the planet’s affect on climate like this one from the USGS: http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1997/of97-262/of97-262.html. Or this one from the AGU: http://www.agu.org/revgeophys/self00/node3.html. “The Pinatubo climate forcing was stronger than the opposing, warming effects of either the El Niño event or anthropogenic greenhouse gases in the period 1991-1993. “. This ONE volcano not only cooled the planet significantly, but also dramatically reduced the ozone layer, among other effects. Multiply this by an average 50-70 eruptions per year.
I like clean air and water as much as anyone, but these proposed regulations go too far, will only harm our country and will not significantly improve the quality of our air.