Comments on: Legal Action to Compel EPA Compliance with Supreme Court

By: Climate 411 » Court Denies Petition to Compel EPA Compliance with Supreme Court - Blogs & Podcasts - Environmental Defense Fund

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:17:43 +0000

[...] the D.C. Circuit denied the petition for writ of mandamus filed by a coalition of states and environmental organizations to enforce the [...]

By: Asthma Mom » CDC Says Climate Change Endangers Public Health

Asthma Mom » CDC Says Climate Change Endangers Public Health — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:32:31 +0000

[...] See, the EPA did send information to the White House about whether it will endanger public health in the next 10 years, but the actual documents are being withheld from us. [...]

By: Climate 411 » CDC Says Climate Change Threatens Public Health - Blogs & Podcasts - Environmental Defense Fund

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:25:29 +0000

[...] insisting that CDC had no position on EPA's pending regulatory decisions, Frumpkin said, "…there is strong evidence that carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas … [...]

By: Sheryl Canter

Sheryl Canter — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:08:25 +0000

1000wattspermeter - just want to clarify that Environmental Defense Fund is not the lead party in the suit - that's the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. We're just one of the parties, along 18 states, 3 cities, and 10 other nonprofits (11 total). I just added the full list of parties to the post. I also added a link to the Petition for Writ of Mandamus.

By: 1000wattspermeter

1000wattspermeter — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 04:13:15 +0000

- continued -

And
C. The Big West Texas Wind Farm Electricity program is NOT an appropriate offset because it requires a huge environmentally unnecessary Transmission Line infrastructure and it is not a Decentralized Renewable Energy ‘Customer On Site’ generation program. Also, in the Summer ‘In-land wind’ historically fails in heat waves forcing dirty air Coal Peaking Plants to excessively pollute at highest Demand Charge Rates for all utilities (oops – Ratepayers) !! (See/ Google ‘MADRI – Jan 2007’ Report).

D. In fall 2007 the Texas Legislature, comforted that the US EPA would not act, ended it’s legislature session without a floor vote and does not go back into session until 2009 !!

By: 1000wattspermeter

1000wattspermeter — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 03:58:08 +0000

1. In Texas, EPA threatened action in 2007-08 was planned due to 4 major cites with high auto pollution levels.
2. As the EDF suit against the EPA evolves, we may find the State of Texas (and perhaps others) stopped 2007 Solar Power legislation with Electric Bills collecting dollars for 'Solar Grants Funds' (for use in 2008) because the US EPA winked at Texas Lawmakers and said US EPA 'Management' would not enforce the pending threat to withhold huge Highway funding monies.

Therefore, A. The EDF suit should REQUIRE return of the funds given to Texas which remains in violation of the mandated pollution level requirements in four major cities. The deal was to be, like the New Jersey 1999 pollution ‘deal’, if Texas creates a Grant funded Customer on site Solar program with construction goals and teeth THEN EPA will not hold back highway (and or other) Federal funding.

And
B. EDF must fight the concept that an EPA ‘overall plan’ (which is not yet available) can REPLACE the specific Pollution issues now requiring action and punishment for non-conforming states with Air polluted Cities.
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By: gordonchamberlain

gordonchamberlain — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 02:43:56 +0000

The destabilization of our planets climate is a global ecological crime against humanity. The actions of the Bush Administration are a prime example of corporate moles for the petroleum industry having been able to hijack democracy in America with impunity.
The world will celebrate the passing of this criminal administration.
But the present generation of conscious citizens must begin to realize that the profit motive without liability for government accounting fraud (GAF) and scientific accounting fraud as to the impact the policies and business plans are having on the ability of our planet to sustain life, on food security, on human mental and physical health, and the destruction of property and economic prosperity must be subject to criminal prosecution as a global ecological crime against humanity.

In 1996 rape was finally recognized as a war crime

The atrocities of Sudan Darfur region were referred to the War Crimes Tribunal.

The criminal political and corporate leader will be surprised to be subject to prosecution just as those who committed war crimes are now facing prosecution in the Balkans and Sudan. But they will fact prosecution for global ecological crime against a planet for destabilization of our planets climate and robbing humanity of our collective future.
Gordon Chamberlain
g_chamberlain33@hotmail.com

By: EnviroMedia Social Marketing : Climate Change Starts Here blog : Blog Archive » 10 States, EDF Sue EPA for Ignoring Supreme Court

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 23:56:20 +0000

[...] news is ten states and environmental groups like Environmental Defense Fund together have filed a law suit against the U.S. EPA for inaction on regulating carbon dioxide. [...]

By: Todays Current Events in the Environment » Alert - environmental pollution

Todays Current Events in the Environment » Alert - environmental pollution — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 21:49:11 +0000

[...] Legal Action to Compel EPA Compliance with Supreme Court By Vickie Patton One year ago, the Supreme Court rejected the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) claim that it lacked legal authority to regulate global warming pollution (for example, from vehicle tailpipes). EPA administrator Stephen Johnson … Climate 411 – Environmental Defense Fund – http://blogs.edf.org/climate411 [...]

By: Sheryl Canter

Sheryl Canter — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 20:21:47 +0000

Update from Vickie... As the documents were being walked over to the courthouse, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection asked to join the petition as "amici curiae" to express their support. That change was made, and the papers are now filed.