Cap-n-Trade Gives Obama Strong Man Powers?
November 10, 2009 / 10:56 am • By Dr. Melissa ClouthierWanted to share this provocative tidbit from the Washington Examiner:
Both the Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade energy approved earlier this year and the version just okayed by Sen. Barbara Boxer’s Senate Environment and Public Works Committee’s Democrats (Republicans boycotted the vote) contains an obscure but nasty bureaucratic provision that requires President Obama to act like Venezuelan strong man Hugo Chavez.
Here’s how: The bills require a federal declaration of a “climate emergency” if world greenhouse gas levels reach 450 parts per million. Guess what? The Pacific Northwest National Lab says it is a virtual certainty that level will be reached within a few months. The bill then requires the president to “direct all Federal agencies to use existing statutory authority to take appropriate actions…to address shortfalls” in achieving needed greenhouse gas reductions.
Ever get the feeling that you’re unarmed and being assaulted on all sides?
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November 11 2009 / 11:39 am
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Carl over at No Oil for Pacifists has given this a more thorough breakdown with extensive links (with a nudge from the Doc via me, acked), if anyone is interested:
Waxman-Markey Provision of the Day