Here is the table of contents of the CAA. As you can see there are no provisions in the Act to address CO2. The Act needs to be amended and that will take an act of congress.
This is the reason why Obama asked the States, because the Federal government can't handle the job. Table of Contents Title I - Air Pollution Prevention and Control Part A - Air Quality and Emission Limitations (CAA § 101-131; USC § 7401-7431 ) Part B - Ozone Protection (replaced by Title VI) Part C - Prevention of Significant Deterioration of Air Quality (CAA § 160-169b; USC § 7470-7492) Part D - Plan Requirements for Nonattainment Areas (CAA § 171-193; USC § 7501-7515) Title II - Emission Standards for Moving Sources Part A - Motor Vehicle Emission and Fuel Standards (CAA § 201-219; USC § 7521-7554) Part B - Aircraft Emission Standards (CAA § 231-234; USC § 7571-7574) Part C - Clean Fuel Vehicles (CAA § 241-250; USC § 7581-7590) Title III - General (CAA § 301-328; USC § 7601-7627) Title IV - Acid Deposition Control (CAA § 401-416; USC § 7651-7651o) Title V - Permits (CAA § 501-507; USC § 7661-7661f ) Title VI - Stratospheric Ozone Protection (CAA § 601-618; USC § 7671-7671q ) On Jan 28, 7:07 am, CincyBabe <cincyb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Now, now. You don't know that, you're just projecting. Let's see what > happens, okay. Obama has a TON of stuff on his plate, thanks to Bush. > He's not, after all, the Messiah he's accused of being, he's just > human. And he's only been in office a week. Sheesh. > > On Jan 28, 7:34 am, silver <fourthofjuly2...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > > I told you Obama was a loser. He gave all of you another snow job. > > He said he wanted to lower CO2 emissions from cars and all the > > greenies swarm around him as he was an al-gore clone. Now, Obama is > > asking the States to impose stricker CO2 emissions from cars because > > the idiots at his EPA do not have mechanisms in place to address the > > problem. > > > On Jan 28, 6:17 am, "Mercury.Sailor" <bluebun...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > What happened Silver you mind freeze over from too much PerpaFrost?? > > > > On Jan 25, 8:50 pm, silver <fourthofjuly2...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > > That was the only thing that the SC did - ruled that EPA can classify > > > > CO2 as a pollutant. > > > > Now look at the CAA. What Title are they going to put CO2 under? > > > > They would need to create a new Title, Title VII - Reduction of Global > > > > Warming Gases (or something like that). In order to add a new Title > > > > the ACT itself has to be ammended, and like I stated earlier - it > > > > ain't happening. > > > > >http://www.epa.gov/air/caa/ > > > > > On Jan 25, 5:38 pm, "Mercury.Sailor" <bluebun...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > You dont need a provision in the CAA to regulate GHG as the SC has > > > > > ruled > > > > > that Co2 is a Pollutant. > > > > > > You dont want clean air? Is that it? > > > > > > On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 8:27 PM, silver <fourthofjuly2...@yahoo.com> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Yes. The SC ruled that the EPA can use the CAA to regulate GHG but > > > > > > as > > > > > > it stands right now the CAA has no provisions in it to do so. In > > > > > > order for the CAA to be used for that purpose it has to be ammended, > > > > > > and as we all know only Congress can ammend an ACT. > > > > > > > By the way things look today and the slow moving snail like > > > > > > incompetence of Congress - It would take years before they even > > > > > > address ammending the ACT. > > > > > > > On Jan 25, 5:13 pm, "Mercury.Sailor" <bluebun...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Supreme Court Clears the Air on CO2 Regulation > > > > > > > By Leo P. Dombrowski > > > > > > > > On April 2, 2007 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that the > > > > > > > Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") has the authority to > > > > > > > regulate > > > > > > > greenhouse gas ("GHG") emissions from motor vehicles as "air > > > > > > > pollutants" under the Clean Air Act. Although the court left open > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > possibility that the EPA might decline to exercise its authority > > > > > > > to > > > > > > > regulate, given the sweeping nature of the court's opinion and the > > > > > > > EPA's past statements about global warming, it appears almost > > > > > > > certain > > > > > > > that the agency will have to begin the rulemaking process. > > > > > > > >http://www.wildman.com/bulletin/April_2007/1/ > > > > > > > > On Jan 24, 11:53 pm, silver <fourthofjuly2...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > The EPA cannot use the Clean Air Act to regulate CO2 emissions > > > > > > > > because > > > > > > > > there are no provisions in the CAA to address CO2. It would > > > > > > > > take an > > > > > > > > act of congress to require EPA to promulgate regulations for CO2 > > > > > > > > emissions. > > > > > > > > > On Jan 24, 11:55 am, "Mercury.Sailor" <bluebun...@gmail.com> > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > A pity it has not been done years ago. US car makers would > > > > > > > > > > not be > > > > > > into > > > > > > > > > > trouble nowadays > > > > > > > > > > That takes "thinking and heart" something that was clearly > > > > > > > > > lacking > > > > > > > > > from our policy makers, in the past. > > > > > > > > > > On Jan 24, 2:43 pm, "xieu.l...@gmail.com" > > > > > > > > > <xieu.l...@gmail.com> > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Great ! > > > > > > > > > > > A pity it has not been done years ago. US car makers would > > > > > > > > > > not be > > > > > > into > > > > > > > > > > trouble nowadays and they would be exporters. Probably they > > > > > > > > > > would > > > > > > not > > > > > > > > > > export assembled cars, but they would export green engines. > > > > > > > > > > > In any case, congratulations ! > > > > > > > > > > > It is a turn toward the right direction and it will produce > > > > > > > > > > fruits > > > > > > in > > > > > > > > > > years to come. > > > > > > > > > > > Peace and best wishes. > > > > > > > > > > > Xi > > > > > > > > > > > On 24 ene, 17:57, "Mercury.Sailor" <bluebun...@gmail.com> > > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > First 100 Days: Obama's first climate change target > > > > > > > > > > > > After eight years of inaction on climate change by the > > > > > > > > > > > federal > > > > > > > > > > > government, we can now look forward to the Obama > > > > > > > > > > > administration > > > > > > > > > > > tackling global warming head on. With not a minute to > > > > > > > > > > > lose, Lisa > > > > > > > > > > > Jackson, the soon-to-be new head of the EPA, should move > > > > > > > > > > > quickly > > > > > > to > > > > > > > > > > > capitalize on the momentum of states that have so far > > > > > > > > > > > been the > > > > > > leaders > > > > > > > > > > > in fighting global warming. There is no better place to > > > > > > > > > > > start > > > > > > than by > > > > > > > > > > > establishing a national greenhouse gas emission standard > > > > > > > > > > > for > > > > > > > > > > > automobiles based on California's landmark clean car law. > > > > > > >http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2009/01/22/first-100-days-obama... > > > > > > > > > > > > My hope would be the new EPA tackling coal burning > > > > > > > > > > > utilities and > > > > > > > > > > > bringing them to thier knees!- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World-thread" group. 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