David Schnare wrote: > No, we did not say there will be no controls on CO2 emissions. The > Agency only stated that CO2 is not properly considered under Clean Air > Act permitting at this time. The reasons are technical legal reasons > and the make complete sense. I have spoken with Steve about his views > on this and he is a cap and trade supporter and a strong one at that. > > The Clean Air Act is not the way to address CO2 emissions. It is an > unworkable legal morass for a pollutant that is emitted by human > mouths and noses. > > All that aside, the Agency has not even stated that it should not be > regulated under the Clear Air Act. Only that it should not be so > regulated at this time. There is no National Ambient Air Quality > Standard for CO2, so it is not possible to determine how much control > is necessary. Further, the Agency has not yet made an endangerment > finding - something that will also address the emission levels it is > necessary to achieve (in a back handed way). Until the Agency takes > those steps, it cannot require CO2 controls in a permit. > > So, calm down. I assure you, a new administration is on its way and > they fully intend to find a way to regulate CO2, if not through the > CAA, then through some cap and trade program. > > WELLL SAID
The Clean air act is for pollutants whose optimum level in the air is zero. Dick Wilson > On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 11:29 AM, Greg Rau <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > *Without any controls on CO2 emissions who'a gon'a call? - > Geoengineering!* > *Congratulations guys - don't blow it. -G* > * > * > * > * > *EPA memo bans to curb CO2 emissions* > Dina Cappiello, Associated Press > Friday, December 19, 2008 > > *(12-19) 04:00 PST Washington -* -- > The Bush administration is trying to make sure in its final days > that federal air pollution regulations will not be used to control > the gases blamed for global warming. > > > In a memorandum sent Thursday, outgoing Environmental Protection > Agency Administrator Stephen Johnson set an agencywide policy > prohibiting controls on carbon dioxide emissions from being > included in air pollution permits for coal-fired power plants and > other facilities. > The decision could give the agency a legal basis for issuing > permits that increase global warming pollution until the incoming > Obama administration can change it, a process that would require a > lengthy rule-making process. > "The current concerns over global climate change should not drive > EPA into adopting an unworkable policy of requiring emissions > controls," Johnson wrote. And while the administrator acknowledged > public interest in the issue, he wrote: "Administrative agencies > are authorized to issue interpretations of this nature that > clarify their regulations without completing a public comment > process." > The White House has repeatedly said that the Clean Air Act should > not be used to regulate carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gases, > even though an April 2007 Supreme Court decision determined that > the EPA could do so under the law. > The Thursday memo from Johnson was an attempt to clarify the > agency's position after an appeals board in November rejected a > federal permit for a Utah power plant, putting the fate of scores > of coal-burning power plants and other industrial facilities in limbo. > In that case, the judges said the EPA did not make a strong enough > case for not requiring controls on carbon dioxide, the leading > pollutant linked to global warming. Environmentalists had > challenged the permit saying that law makes clear that greenhouse > gas emissions can be controlled. > > /This article appeared on page* A - 12* of the > San Francisco Chronicle/ > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
