<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for McCain adviser challenges idea of regulating CO2 under the Clean Air Act]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by josullivan58 http://www.grist.org/article/air-apparent/ Tue, 28 Oct 2008 22:50:06 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/air-apparent/1 This is bad

It shows that McCain has the same disdain for the rule of law and environmental regulation that Bush does. A McCain presidency will be an environmental disaster surpassed only by Bush's.

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It shows that McCain has the same disdain for the rule of law and environmental regulation that Bush does. A McCain presidency will be an environmental disaster surpassed only by Bush's.

]]> Comment #2 by KenG http://www.grist.org/article/air-apparent/ Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:03:58 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/air-apparent/2 Consistent?

Actually, it seems the Obama position is not that different from Johnson's in the important aspects. They seem to agree that the Clean Air Act is ill suited to address CO2 and that Congress has a responsibility to act. EPA has a limited set of enforcement tools and defaulting to the EPA is almost guaranteed to result in an inefficient and ineffective program.

Apart from the sideshow of political posturing, what I see here is continued evidence of the abysmal performance of the legislative branch, continually punting their responsibility to the executive (regulatory) or judicial branches.

It's popular to complain about the Executive branch overstepping their powers (both from the left and right) but in reality, Congress has enabled this shift via their inability to act.

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Actually, it seems the Obama position is not that different from Johnson's in the important aspects. They seem to agree that the Clean Air Act is ill suited to address CO2 and that Congress has a responsibility to act. EPA has a limited set of enforcement tools and defaulting to the EPA is almost guaranteed to result in an inefficient and ineffective program.

Apart from the sideshow of political posturing, what I see here is continued evidence of the abysmal performance of the legislative branch, continually punting their responsibility to the executive (regulatory) or judicial branches.

It's popular to complain about the Executive branch overstepping their powers (both from the left and right) but in reality, Congress has enabled this shift via their inability to act.

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