Terminate EPA by 12-31-2018

[Matata]

Unlikely to pass but still... Note the entirety of the text. No details regarding what to do with existing data, employees or any other detail.
https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/861/text

 

[kenny]

The environment doesn't need protecting.
God put it here for us to make money off it.

Stupid liberals, always getting in the way of God and profit.

 

[Missy]

My dh who is in the environmental field says this won't happen. Hopefully he is right about this. He usually is but well I am not as optimistic as he is but he promises me this won't happen.

 

[chrono]

The GOP will pass this bill 100%, as evidenced by their closing their eyes and ears to everything that is crashing around them.

 

[the_mother_thing]

I don't think this is the entire bill ... meaning, this is just the introduction of the idea. It's been sent to a few committees for comment, which will certainly add "clarifying meat & compromises" ... details, etc. Not saying it doesn't warrant interest or concern; I just think it's too early in the process to assume THIS is the entire bill being proposed and voted on.

 

[Calliecake]

My dh who is in the environmental field says this won't happen. Hopefully he is right about this. He usually is but well I am not as optimistic as he is but he promises me this won't happen.

I hope Greg is correct this Missy. My husband said the same thing Greg did. I take nothing for granted anymore. Everyone also said this country would never put Trump in office, and now we have the Predator in Chief in the Oval Office.

 

[Missy]

My dh who is in the environmental field says this won't happen. Hopefully he is right about this. He usually is but well I am not as optimistic as he is but he promises me this won't happen.

I hope Greg is correcton this Missy. My husband said the same thing Greg did. I take nothing for granted anymore. Everyone also said this country would never put Trump in office, and now we have the Predator in Chief in the Oval Office.

Haha yes Jeff and Greg agree on a lot and you and I are not as optimistic as our dhs.They never thought "Predator in Chief" would be in office. But then again neither did we.

Let's hope they are right this time but I never say never. Still hoping they are right.

 

[Matata]

After I posted the original HR yesterday, I found this on thehill.com.
President Trump aims to sign executive orders cutting into the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) climate work shortly after his nominee to lead the agency is confirmed by the Senate, according to a report.

Trump will attend a swearing-in ceremony for EPA Administrator nominee Scott Pruitt at agency headquarters after the Senate confirms Pruitt, Inside EPA reported this week.

At that event, an administration source told Inside EPA that Trump will sign executive orders related to the agency’s climate work and that they could “suck the air out of the room,” according to the report.

The official did not say how many orders Trump will sign or what they will address. But the planned event could be similar to one Trump held at the Pentagon after Defense Secretary James Mattis was sworn in.

At that event, Trump signed an executive order cracking down on immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries for 90 days and halting the U.S. refugee program for 120, including indefinitely banning Syrian refugees.
An administration official said a potential Trump visit to EPA headquarters has yet to be confirmed.

Senate Republicans are aiming to vote on Pruitt’s nomination this week. Nearly every Democrat is likely to oppose Pruitt, but he is expected to have enough Republican support to win confirmation.

Trump has vowed to roll back Obama-era EPA actions, including major climate change regulations like the Clean Power Plan and a water jurisdiction rule opposed by many conservatives.

One executive order, according to Inside EPA’s report, could be aimed at the State Department, suggesting Trump will take a position on the United States's participation in the Paris climate deal. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told the Senate last month that he hopes to stay in that climate pact.

Trump’s actions are likely to cheer fossil fuel groups and conservatives who resisted Obama’s climate work. But environmentalists are certain to oppose Trump's efforts.

Responding to the report on Wednesday, the Sierra Club said, “It would mean he is declaring open season on our air, water and climate while further destabilizing our role in the world."

—Updated at 1:00 p.m.

 

[Dancing Fire]

Trump’s actions are likely to cheer fossil fuel groups and conservatives who resisted Obama’s climate work. But environmentalists are certain to oppose Trump's efforts.

I thought liberals can control the climate? why is Ca. flooding?

 

[azstonie]

The air you breathe.

The water you drink, bathe in and grow your food with.

The soil your food is grown in and your house is built upon.

The food you eat.