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HONOLULU, Hawaii -- After failing to get climate-change legislation through Congress, the Obama administration plans on pushing through its environmental policies through other means, and Republicans are ready to put up a fight.

On Jan. 2, new carbon emissions limits will be put forward as the Environmental Protection Agency prepares regulations that would force companies to get permits to release greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act.

Critics say the new rules are a backdoor effort to enact the president's agenda on global warming without the support of Congress, and would hurt the economy and put jobs in jeopardy by forcing companies to pay for expensive new equipment.

"They are job killers. Regulations, period -- any kind of regulation is a weight on economy. It requires people to comply with the law, which takes work hours and time, which reduces the profitability of firms. Therefore, they grow more slowly and you create less jobs," said environmental scientist Ken Green of the conservative American Enterprise Institute...

...The administration says it has the power to issue the regulation under a 2007 Supreme Court ruling that directed the agency to make a determination on whether carbon dioxide, blamed for global warming, was a hazard to human health.

Rep Fred Upton, R-Mich., the incoming House Energy Committee Chairman, penned an op-ed in Tuesday's Wall Street Journal along with Americans for Prosperity president Ted Phillips, and charged that Congress should act.

"The best solution is for Congress to overturn the EPA's proposed greenhouse gas regulations outright. If Democrats refuse to join Republicans in doing so, then they should at least join a sensible bipartisan compromise to mandate that the EPA delay its regulations until the courts complete their examination of the agency's endangerment finding and proposed rules," the op-ed read in part.

With Republicans taking control in the House, the GOP will be in a better position to take on some of these policies, and members are promising a fight if the Obama White House moves forward with any carbon crackdown. There was bipartisan support for a bill proposed this year that would have stripped the EPA of the power to set carbon emissions limits. GOP lawmakers could bring the measure back.

The White House seems prepared for a fight.

The administration recently circulated a memo from the Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy John Holdren to the heads of all federal departments and agencies calling for "a clear prohibition on political interference in scientific processes and expanded assurances of transparency."

mainejeff wrote:It makes no sense for them to increase emission standards with gas headed toward $4.00/gallon again! I say ramp up the gas guzzler production, pollute the Earth, and continue to fund the Middle Eastern terrorists at breakneck speed!

travelinman67 wrote:

mainejeff wrote:It makes no sense for them to increase emission standards with gas headed toward $4.00/gallon again! I say ramp up the gas guzzler production, pollute the Earth, and continue to fund the Middle Eastern terrorists at breakneck speed!

...not to mention eliminating the last of industry in America...

...then, all our children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and the next five generations after will be service workers taking care of the wealthy Chinese and Indians.

Thanks, Maojeff!!

travelinman67 wrote:

mainejeff wrote:It makes no sense for them to increase emission standards with gas headed toward $4.00/gallon again! I say ramp up the gas guzzler production, pollute the Earth, and continue to fund the Middle Eastern terrorists at breakneck speed!

...not to mention eliminating the last of industry in America...

...then, all our children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and the next five generations after will be service workers taking care of the wealthy Chinese and Indians.

Thanks, Maojeff!!

mainejeff wrote:

travelinman67 wrote:
...not to mention eliminating the last of industry in America...

...then, all our children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and the next five generations after will be service workers taking care of the wealthy Chinese and Indians.

Thanks, Maojeff!!

You're right! It would be much better if your children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren lived in an environment that caused cancer and lung diseases.......all while working for 80 cents an hour.

mainejeff wrote:It makes no sense for them to increase emission standards with gas headed toward $4.00/gallon again! I say ramp up the gas guzzler production, pollute the Earth, and continue to fund the Middle Eastern terrorists at breakneck speed!

SuperHornet wrote:

mainejeff wrote:It makes no sense for them to increase emission standards with gas headed toward $4.00/gallon again! I say ramp up the gas guzzler production, pollute the Earth, and continue to fund the Middle Eastern terrorists at breakneck speed!

The news was taling about "experts" who think we're looking at $5.00/gal by sometime in 2012.

Is that a sign of the Apocalypse?

TwinTownBisonFan wrote:

SuperHornet wrote:
The news was taling about "experts" who think we're looking at $5.00/gal by sometime in 2012.

Is that a sign of the Apocalypse?

It's a sign the value of my downtown condo is about to go way the fuck up.

In 2008 it took gas hitting $3.40/gal before consumer behavior really changed... I think that was a good thing. No matter how much we drill domestically (consequences be damned) it will never be enough to satisfy current demand. Simple fact is - we either need to find a way off of oil - or continue to suffer the consequences.

D1B wrote:

TwinTownBisonFan wrote:
It's a sign the value of my downtown condo is about to go way the **** up.

In 2008 it took gas hitting $3.40/gal before consumer behavior really changed... I think that was a good thing. No matter how much we drill domestically (consequences be damned) it will never be enough to satisfy current demand. Simple fact is - we either need to find a way off of oil - or continue to suffer the consequences.

Many claim higher gas prices will be a boon for America. It will make **** very expensive to transport therefor reigniting domestic manufacturing.

D1B wrote:

TwinTownBisonFan wrote:
It's a sign the value of my downtown condo is about to go way the fuck up.

In 2008 it took gas hitting $3.40/gal before consumer behavior really changed... I think that was a good thing. No matter how much we drill domestically (consequences be damned) it will never be enough to satisfy current demand. Simple fact is - we either need to find a way off of oil - or continue to suffer the consequences.

Many claim higher gas prices will be a boon for America. It will make shit very expensive to transport therefor reigniting domestic manufacturing.

travelinman67 wrote:

D1B wrote:
Many claim higher gas prices will be a boon for America. It will make **** very expensive to transport therefor reigniting domestic manufacturing.

Oil produces more than just gasoline. Oil equals energy as well as other byproducts used in manufacturing. If oil prices rise, our manufacturing costs rise as other energy costs will also increase...

...all a detriment to our already hampered industry competitiveness...

...meaning even more lost jobs.

This isn't rocket science, D, just common sense. If you really believe in the concept of "balance", then your focus would be on the obstructionist progressives who target ALL industry not deemed "green".

If America continues down this path, we will unequivocally become a third world socialist nation.