President Barack Obama is preparing to tell all federal agencies for the first time that they should consider the impact on global warming before approving major projects, from pipelines to highways.
The result could be significant delays for natural gas- export facilities, ports for coal sales to Asia, and even new forest roads, industry lobbyists warn.
“It’s got us very freaked out,” said Ross Eisenberg, vice president of the National Association of Manufacturers, a Washington-based group that represents 11,000 companies such as Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM) and Southern Co. (SO) The standards, which constitute guidance for agencies and not new regulations, are set to be issued in the coming weeks, according to lawyers briefed by administration officials.
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And they accuse Republicans of stopping everything!
ReplyDeleteThe best climate change in this country would be to get rid of Obama and get some fresh air. Every time he opens his mouth ship flows out.
ReplyDeleteAtta Boy, Brack! Create those jobs by stopping work!Yeah, that's the ticket!
ReplyDeleteI'm sure Obama will charge a climate change tax on his subjects (I mean U.S. citizens)
ReplyDeleteyada, yada, yada. this is getting so old. can someone say good-bye and good riddance obama? this man is so loony, clueless and a true space cadet.
ReplyDeleteGlobal warming is real!
ReplyDeleteAND, in 10/20/50 years global cooling will be real!
Geez, these alarmists drive me nuts!
Look at some Earth history and don't fool with trying to figure out what the mother nature will do next.
A knee-jerk columnist in the WP, musing at the last missed Snowmageddon in D.C., actually stated the computer models were excellent, but Mother Nature failed to cooperate.
ReplyDeleteOh, the Climategate 3.0 is out there now. The original guy released ALL the e-mails.