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Scott Pruitt begins his destruction of EPA
Think Progress - 2.19.2017
Scott Pruitt makes it clear that the Clean Power Plan is going away.
In his first interview as EPA administrator, Pruitt says he wants to refocus the agency on a more narrow role.
...the Clean Power Plan, the signature climate regulation of the Obama administration, is not long for this world.
In his first interview as EPA administrator, Pruitt says he wants to refocus the agency on a more narrow role.
...the Clean Power Plan, the signature climate regulation of the Obama administration, is not long for this world.
“There will be a rule-making process to withdraw those rules, and that will kick off a process,” Pruitt told the Wall Street Journal. “And part of that process is a very careful review of a fundamental question: Does EPA even possess the tools, under the Clean Air Act, to address this? It’s a fair question to ask if we do, or whether there in fact needs to be a congressional response to the climate issue.”
In 2007, the Supreme Court ruled in Massachusetts vs. EPA that the EPA does, in fact, possess the authority under the Clean Air Act to regulate greenhouse gases as air pollutants. That decision helped pave the way for the Clean Power Plan...
Pruitt also said that, as EPA administrator, he would focus on creating regulatory certainty that will help industry and spur job growth. Pruitt has long been a friend of the fossil fuel industry...
Meanwhile, in one of his first tweets as EPA administrator, Pruitt pledged to working with important stakeholders — like industry — in his new role.
https://thinkprogress.org/scott-pruitt-wall-street-journal-clean-power-plan-epa-a2b622e71701?source=collection_home---7------2----------
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It is clear his priority is to rape and blunder.
I continue to believe we need treatment centers for those with power and greed disorders. Part of their treatment is a process of learning that the earth is a living being and the responsibility of humans is that of stewards of the Earth. It would be a very loooooong treatment stay.
There is only one conclusion for people (especially those in power) like this: They are sick. Their illness is to the devastation and detriment to all life. For me, this is the worst aspect of GOP and trumpian power. They are killing the entire planet.
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How could anyone be so evil as to want to dismantle these programs? I simply can't get my mind around it.
