"Green House gases" have become the laughing gases of the masses. EPA has yet to start laughing!

[PHILIP SCHNEIDER]

UPDATE 1-Texas to challenge US greenhouse gas rules

Tue Feb 16, 2010 5:35pm EST

DALLAS, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Texas and several national industry groups on Tuesday filed separate petitions in federal
court challenging the government's authority to regulate U.S.
greenhouse gas emissions.

Texas, which leads U.S. states in carbon dioxide emissions due to its heavy concentration of oil refining and other
industries, will see a major impact if U.S. mandatory emissions
reductions take effect.

In December, the Environmental Protection Agency ruled that greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide endanger human health,
opening the door for the agency to issue mandatory regulations
to reduce them.

Texas said it had filed a petition for review challenging the EPA's "endangerment finding" with the U.S. Court of Appeals
for the D.C. Circuit. Texas has also asked the EPA to
reconsider its ruling.

"The EPA's misguided plan paints a big target on the backs of Texas agriculture and energy producers and the hundreds of
thousands of Texans they employ," Texas Gov. Rick Perry said.

The National Association of Manufacturers, the American Petroleum Institute, and the National Petrochemical and
Refiners Association also said on Tuesday they filed a petition
challenging the EPA in federal appeals court.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and U.S. iron and steel makers have also signaled they would file lawsuits.

Environmental groups said Texas should focus on building cleaner energy sources instead of filing lawsuits.

"Governor Perry should win an Olympic medal for taking the environment downhill," said Luke Metzger at Environment Texas.
"Global warming is the greatest environmental threat facing
Texas and the planet and Governor Perry's obstructionism puts
the state at great risk."

Conservative Republicans like Perry have been sounding the alarm of job losses in the debate over regulating greenhouse
gas emissions -- a hot-button issue at a time of high
joblessness and economic uncertainty.

The EPA is threatening to regulate carbon emissions if Congress does not. In June, the House of Representatives
narrowly passed a cap and trade bill that would allow industry
to buy and trade pollution permits, but the legislation has
stalled in the Senate.

President Barack Obama would rather have Congress pass a bill that could provide more protections for industry while
also controlling pollution. But he is using the threat of EPA
regulation to encourage lawmakers.

[Oregon Country Girl]

People are getting completely "fed up" with this administration's bully tactics of trying to destroy anyone who goes against their "extreme left" agenda. It doesn't matter who you are (even members of their own party)...they will try to destroy them. The admin. needs to get a clue...America is a center/right nation...not a leftist nation...and they don't want a "far left" agenda rammed down their throats. I'm getting a little tired of repeating myself...but, I'm sorry...that sounds a little too totalitarian for America, and it is embarrassing for the entire country to see the office of the Presidency behaving in such a manner.