The unelected little Napoleons at the EPA need reining in
Tom KirkmanIndependent Project Manager
The unelected little Hitlers and Napoleans in the EPA need to be reigned in.
(‘Reigned in’ is a bad pun here, not a typo).
More impossible and totalitarian energy mandates by the totally out of control U.S. federal government and its attack dog federal agencies.
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“The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday released its much anticipated proposal to cut emissions for fossil fuel power plants – which if finalized would result in almost all U.S. coal plants having to cut or capture nearly all their carbon dioxide emissions by 2038 or be shuttered.
The proposal, if made final, would also apply to large, frequently used, gas-fired power plants and it would require them to capture smokestack emissions using a technology that has long been promised but is not in widespread use in the country, according to the Associated Press.
… If the rule is finalized, it would mark the first time the federal government has restricted carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants, which generate about 25% of U.S. greenhouse gas pollution, the wire service reports.
And the rule would apply to future electric plants as well.
In 2019, the EPA dismissed carbon capture as a feasible solution, saying it was too costly and hadn’t been “adequately demonstrated” commercially. …”