APP - Texas Spared EPA Takeover
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Bfgrn
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Fayette Power Project, Coal Plant, Blamed For 'Environmental Catastrophe'
updated 12/28/2010 2:13:02 PM ET 2010-12-28T19:13:02
BASTROP, Texas — Along a stretch of Highway 21, in Texas' pastoral Hill Country, is a vegetative wasteland. Trees are barren, or covered in gray, dying foliage and peeling bark. Fallen, dead limbs litter the ground where pecan growers and ranchers have watched trees die slow, agonizing deaths.
Visible above the horizon is what many plant specialists, environmentalists and scientists believe to be the culprit: the Fayette Power Project — a coal-fired power plant for nearly 30 years has operated mostly without equipment designed to decrease emissions of sulfur dioxide, a component of acid rain.
The plant's operator and the state's environmental regulator deny sulfur dioxide pollution is to blame for the swaths of plant devastation across Central Texas. But evidence collected from the Appalachian Mountains to New Mexico indicates sulfur dioxide pollution kills vegetation, especially pecan trees. Pecan growers in Albany, Ga., have received millions of dollars in an out-of-court settlement with a power plant whose sulfur dioxide emissions harmed their orchards.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40830410/ns/us_news-environment/
"We didn't inherit this land from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children."
Lakota Sioux Proverb
updated 12/28/2010 2:13:02 PM ET 2010-12-28T19:13:02
BASTROP, Texas — Along a stretch of Highway 21, in Texas' pastoral Hill Country, is a vegetative wasteland. Trees are barren, or covered in gray, dying foliage and peeling bark. Fallen, dead limbs litter the ground where pecan growers and ranchers have watched trees die slow, agonizing deaths.
Visible above the horizon is what many plant specialists, environmentalists and scientists believe to be the culprit: the Fayette Power Project — a coal-fired power plant for nearly 30 years has operated mostly without equipment designed to decrease emissions of sulfur dioxide, a component of acid rain.
The plant's operator and the state's environmental regulator deny sulfur dioxide pollution is to blame for the swaths of plant devastation across Central Texas. But evidence collected from the Appalachian Mountains to New Mexico indicates sulfur dioxide pollution kills vegetation, especially pecan trees. Pecan growers in Albany, Ga., have received millions of dollars in an out-of-court settlement with a power plant whose sulfur dioxide emissions harmed their orchards.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40830410/ns/us_news-environment/
"We didn't inherit this land from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children."
Lakota Sioux Proverb
..."EPA's creation of the new rules is an "improper overreach" that violates the federal Clean Air Act, which it said "declares pollution prevention to be 'the primary responsibility of States and local governments,' and not the federal government."
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott said the state was determined to fight the EPA's intentions, saying that Congress had rejected such carbon rules but the EPA was now trying to legislate them itself through administrative rules.
"Texas law does not currently deem greenhouse gases to be pollutants," Abbott said. "Once again, the federal government is overreaching, and improperly intruding upon the state of Texas and its legal rights."..."
http://westlawnews.thomson.com/Nati...les_again_to_block_EPA_carbon_rules_in_state/
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott said the state was determined to fight the EPA's intentions, saying that Congress had rejected such carbon rules but the EPA was now trying to legislate them itself through administrative rules.
"Texas law does not currently deem greenhouse gases to be pollutants," Abbott said. "Once again, the federal government is overreaching, and improperly intruding upon the state of Texas and its legal rights."..."
http://westlawnews.thomson.com/Nati...les_again_to_block_EPA_carbon_rules_in_state/
Schadenfreude
patriot and widower
texans believe that the rules do not apply to them
Mott the Hoople
Sweet Jane
That's a damned dishonest comment. The States must, at a minimum meet the provisions of the Clean Air Act and under the CAA, just with the Clean Water Act (CWA) for managing water pollution and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) for managing solid waste, the State of Texas State program must meet the minimum standards established under Federal Regulations under the CAA for both acid gas and green house gas emmissions. When the State program fails to meet the minimum standards established by Federal Regulations then the State program is supersceeded by Federal law.
The comments by Abbott are at best dishonest and deceptive and are at worst a flat out lie. This is simply a case of the State of Texas Air Program failing to comply with the minimum standards required under Federal law.
The State of Texas is more then welcome to operate it's own air compliance program but it must be as stringent (or more so) then the Federal program. I'm actually quite surprised to hear that Texas State Air Program is in non-compliance. The State of Texas has a reputation for being a national leader in environmental compliance. Their solid waste management program is one of the most stringent in the nation. Only California has tougher State program for managing solid waste then Texas.
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Liberty
Libertarian Minded
Tell the EPA to piss off!
Liberty
Libertarian Minded
Fayette Power Project, Coal Plant, Blamed For 'Environmental Catastrophe'
updated 12/28/2010 2:13:02 PM ET 2010-12-28T19:13:02
BASTROP, Texas — Along a stretch of Highway 21, in Texas' pastoral Hill Country, is a vegetative wasteland. Trees are barren, or covered in gray, dying foliage and peeling bark. Fallen, dead limbs litter the ground where pecan growers and ranchers have watched trees die slow, agonizing deaths.
Visible above the horizon is what many plant specialists, environmentalists and scientists believe to be the culprit: the Fayette Power Project — a coal-fired power plant for nearly 30 years has operated mostly without equipment designed to decrease emissions of sulfur dioxide, a component of acid rain.
The plant's operator and the state's environmental regulator deny sulfur dioxide pollution is to blame for the swaths of plant devastation across Central Texas. But evidence collected from the Appalachian Mountains to New Mexico indicates sulfur dioxide pollution kills vegetation, especially pecan trees. Pecan growers in Albany, Ga., have received millions of dollars in an out-of-court settlement with a power plant whose sulfur dioxide emissions harmed their orchards.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40830410/ns/us_news-environment/
"We didn't inherit this land from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children."
Lakota Sioux Proverb
These pictures look like they were taken in the winter.
They show nothing at all.
Schadenfreude
patriot and widower
texas sucks like a swamp
Liberty
Libertarian Minded
Funny how a bunch of CA public workers and CA welfare people will be demanding Texans (my) money soon.
How is it we can wipe our ass, but you fleas can't?
Just remember we said no before you showed no respect.
Bfgrn
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So, in this part of Texas, we have a group of pecan farmers that lie? Maybe your mommy can read the article to you, instead of just looking at the pictures.
I would have no problem with right wing conservative republicans protesting clean air or wanting to pollute the world so long as they live next to the refinery or plants that pollute, and they must drink the water unfiltered, and breath the air deeply. Their children though should live in a clean environment as they didn't pick their corporate ideology driven imbecilic parents.
DamnYankee
Loyal to the end
This is about as dishonest a statement as I have read from you.
Mott the Hoople
Sweet Jane
This is about as dishonest a statement as I have read from you.
Why is that? Why shouldn't the right wing walk their talk?
DamnYankee
Loyal to the end
Cite one example of Conservatives "wanting to pollute the world".
The exact opposite is true:
DamnYankee
Loyal to the end
Another Mott FAIL.
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WinterBorn
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So Texas avoids being taken over by the EPA?
Not sure who is the winner, Texas for stopping the feds, or the EPA for avoiding having to own Texas.
Not sure who is the winner, Texas for stopping the feds, or the EPA for avoiding having to own Texas.