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The EPA - Making Their Own Law Since 1970

Excellent news from the EPA ..  incoming administrator Scott Pruitt is doing the Lord’s work. First, he has come clean and said what he should have ‘fessed up to a while back: he doesn’t believe in the Carbon Fairy. Asked his views on the role of carbon dioxide, the heat-trapping gas produced by burning fossil fuels, in increasing global warming, Mr. Pruitt said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” that “I think that measuring with precision human activity on the climate is something very challenging to do and there’s tremendous disagreement about the degree of impact, so, no, I would not agree that it’s a primary contributor to the global warming that we see.” That phrase, “the heat-trapping gas produced by burning fossil fuels,” is just a bit of New York Times editorializing, by the way. No serious person thinks that man-made carbon dioxide poses any kind of major climate threat because there’s just no evidence to support that theory. It’s just one of those cherished left-liberal myths that goes next to other fantasy concepts like “equality,” “sustainability,” and “social justice.” Speaking of which, the second piece of good news is that the Environmental Protection Agency has just lost its head of Environmental Justice. (CONT) Via Der Skoonjer

Scott Pruitt May Be Just the Guy ...

Time to Get Rid of the EPA? Oh sweet Jesus yes Scott Pruitt May Be Just the Guy to Do It The EPA’s expansive and ever-expanding regulations impose huge costs on American businesses and, ultimately, on consumers. An analysis by the Competitive Enterprise Institute estimated that the annual cost of compliance with EPA regulations alone is more than a third of a trillion dollars.    Actual Headline Americans now comprehend fully the disdainthe Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has for truth-telling, therights of others, and the environment. What your grandparents expected would follow Now that can RIP. Several commentators have characterized the selection of Oklahoma attorney general Scott Pruitt to become the next EPA Administrator as a sharp stick in the eye to the agency and its employees. They’re right — and seldom has any herd of federal bureaucrats been more deserving of it. For decades, in administrations Democratic and Republican alike, the EPA has been relentlessly ideological, politicized, corrupt, and incompetent. Next- the IRS?

Scott Pruitt to head the EPA

Trump’s EPA pick is causing green heads to explode It’s like Pearl Harbor Day for them, like somebody made a sneak attack.. Some reactions on Twitter: “The naming of a climate denier like Scott Pruitt to head the EPA is nothing less than an effort to undermine the agency’s core mission to safeguard our environment. On the campaign trail President-elect Trump vowed to break America’s commitment to the Paris Climate Agreement, to open our public lands to drilling, and to dismantle the EPA. By nominating Scott Pruitt he’s making it clear he intends to follow through on those promises. UPDATE: as I (Anthony Watts) was writing this, I got this press release: CLCV Statement on Pruitt’s Nomination for EPA Administrator Oakland, CA – In response to news reports that Trump will nominate Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt as EPA Administrator, California League of Conservation Voters CEO Sarah Rose issued the following statement: “The naming of a climate denier like Scott Pruitt to head the EPA is nothing less than an effort to undermine the agency’s core mission to safeguard our environment. On the campaign trail President-elect Trump vowed to break America’s commitment to the Paris Climate Agreement, to open our public lands to drilling, and to dismantle the EPA. By nominating Scott Pruitt he’s making it clear he intends to follow through on those promises. “Pruitt has sued the EPA, has fought environmental protections enacted by President Obama, and has denied the science of climate change itself. He represents the very threats the EPA should protect against, not be headed by. The California League of Conservation Voters calls on our Senators to reject this wrong-headed nomination which puts our families and communities at risk. “California has a unique role to play. We are the sixth largest economy in the world. The decisions we make here, the policies we create, and how we respond to Trump’s attacks on our environmental protections will determine the pace of progress these next four years. We must organize to defend our hard-fought victories because every Californian deserves clean air to breathe and clean water to drink.” 259 thoughts on “Trump’s EPA pick is causing green heads to explode” (Here's one) Obama’s EPA thinks we should sacrifice ourselves for climate change. But ‘climate change’ is leftist manufactured bs. NASA with NOAA has engaged in data manipulation of the highest order, whose sole intention is to produce a narrative opposed by the evidence. And in fact there is ZERO evidence that CO2 affect climate temperatures at all. CO2 does not lead but *follows* changes in temperatures. This outstanding 4 minute video makes that point about CO2 clear as day: Thank You President Trump!