Federal Court Denies Greenhouse Gas Stay for Texas
Texas' bid to stop the federal government's efforts to regulate greenhouse gases hit another roadblock today, when the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals turned down the state's request for a stay of a move to force states to implement federal plans.
"Petitioners have not met their burden to satisfy the legal standards required to allow a stay pending appeal," the court said, in its short denial.
Texas has been at the forefront of efforts — including in the courts — to stop the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gases. Last week the EPA announced that it would directly take ...
Comments (11)
Richard Gill via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Now if we can get Slick Rick to stop wasting taxpayer money and other resources on his personal crusade against clean air and water for Texans, maybe we can intelligently address some other pressing problems, like a budget deficit, maybe?
Kevin Williams via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Wake up Texans! Three reasons why EPA's overearching MUST be stopped - ASAP! 1) 10th Amendment - it's not a Federal issue; 2) EPA claim that carbon is a pollutant and seeking to regulate so called greenhouse gases are based on bogus global warming fraud; 3) Texas air is cleaner than ever - TX State regulator are doing a fine job!
Nicholas Littlejohn via Texas Tribune on Facebook
lets get them in line..the coal disaster there is making national news, the Fayetteville pecan problem
Truth Hurts
Watch Greg Abbott's performance on the Tribune: http://vimeo.com/14491648. And judge for yourself. Do the taxpayers get a refund on Abbott's windmill chases?
Jack Morgan via Texas Tribune on Facebook
"Texas air is cleaner than ever"--have you been smoking that wacky tobacky? 150 years ago it was cleaner? Right ...clearly someone here's got a political agenda instead of a factual one.
Truth Hurts
Kevin, my friend, the Clean Air Act is a federal statute. Under the Act, the state is implementing federal regulations. The EPA can not possible be over-reaching or treading on state law when the EPA is merely asserting its own authority to implement federal law.
In other words, it's like a parent giving a kid permission to use the family car. Surely the kid is his or her own independent person with his or her own rights, but the kid doesn't have a unilateral right to use the car (or leave the family, for that matter).
The parents always have the right to take back the keys ... and say a little prayer to God that the kid once and for all grows up and learns some responsibility.
Truth Hurts
Apologies for typos.
Shaun Swegman via Texas Tribune on Facebook
1. Because, of course, a part of a document written more than 200 years ago is more important than protecting the environment. 2. People who actually understand the subject (i.e. climate scientists) almost universally dismiss your claims of fraud as completely absurd. 3. "Cleaner than ever" apparently means "dirtier than what you'd breathe in Los Angeles" these days.
Rudy Gonzales
This what happens when a grossly incompetent, inept, shallow-minded, narcissistic, professional, career politician doesn't comply with federal regulation. Rick is a bogus governor with eyes on the presidency and he needs to his diapers changed and burped before bed time. It's sad so many Texans are so gullible. It's time to retire this man since Texas does not have "Term limits".
Dusteen J. Barber via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Um...it wasn't a request.
David Fowler via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Kevin: Yeah right. LMAO!