Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt’s nomination for administrator of
the Environmental Protection Agency is as clear a signal as the
incoming administration can send with regard to its environmental
policies.
It is also a sign that the administration is far more meticulous, internally consistent and thorough than its detractors have thought, and that it is on a clear mission not just to stop, but to reverse many of the actions of Obama’s EPA.
It is also a sign that the administration is far more meticulous, internally consistent and thorough than its detractors have thought, and that it is on a clear mission not just to stop, but to reverse many of the actions of Obama’s EPA.
It is noteworthy that global warming was the second action item mentioned in President Obama’s 2009 inaugural,
and that a mere 90 days later, the administration had issued a
“preliminary finding of endangerment” from carbon dioxide and other
greenhouse emissions.
Under their interpretation of the Supreme Court’s landmark 2007 climate change ruling,
Massachusetts vs. Environmental Protection Agency, such a finding not
only permitted the EPA to regulate carbon dioxide under the Clean Air
Act Amendments of 1992, it compelled the agency to do so.
Seven years ago, on Pearl Harbor Day 2009, the administration announced
its final Endangerment Finding. By March, Pruitt and 15 other state
AG’s joined in a combined suit against it, which was ultimately not
successful.
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