On Wednesday, the Bush toadies at the EPA (soon to be renamed "Exploitation Propagation Agency") rejected California's request for a waiver allowing the state to implement a law reducing emissions of greenhouse gases from new motor vehicles. From the Sacramento Bee: The EPA's rejection kills copycat rules that have been adopted by 12 other states and are under serious consideration by six others. Top officials from many of those states, representing both major political parties, were quick to condemn the EPA.
As you probably know, Vermont is affected by this, as we've recently adopted similar standards to California. But the mind-boggler here is a quote in the article from Whinin' Jim himself... Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas, a Republican, said the EPA "is out of touch with the reality of climate change."
WTF? Anybody see a bit of mental disconnect with what Douglas is saying here? Sorry, Jim, it's not just the EPA that's "out of touch" with the reality of climate change. You're full-fledged out to lunch on it yourself. Douglas will say something like this and he next three things he says in Vermont will completely contradict it. Chalk it up as yet another issue he's extremely vulnerable on next year, provided we can get a candidate out there in time. |
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