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Obama’s EPA Getting it Done: AEP Closing 5 Coal Fired Plants
June 10th, 2011 | 2 Comments
Obama said before the 2008 election that the price of electricity would necessarily skyrocket under his cap and trade plan. He said America must go this route because global warming was going to do us in and coal is just so dirty. You’ll probably remember this:
So there you have the socialist Obama admitting what his plan was but somebody threw a wrench in the works. The Democrats couldn’t get Obama’s cap and trade through congress. Obama wasn’t fazed and proclaimed he would effectively accomplish his goal by letting the EPA mandate new regulations that would make coal fired plants very expensive to retrofit and operate. Mission accomplished.
Utility giant American Electric Power said Thursday that it will shut down five coal-fired power plants and spend billions of dollars to comply with a series of pending Environmental Protection Agency regulations.
The company’s dramatic plan to comply with the regulations could give Republicans and moderate Democrats ammunition in their ongoing fight against EPA’s efforts to impose new regulations aimed at limiting greenhouse gas emissions and air pollutants including mercury and arsenic.
Rep. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) immediately pounced on AEP’s announcement.
“This is a perfect example of the EPA implementing rules and regulations without considering the devastating impact they may have on local economies and jobs,” Capito said.
Don’t you wish Obama was as good at creating jobs as he is at destroying pretty much everything? He’s a one man army when it comes to strangling the American economy. Obama is stuck on socialist idealism and will be hoorawed out of office for it in 2012.
Authored By texasgalt UnifiedPatriots » texasgalt
Authored By texasgalt UnifiedPatriots » texasgalt
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Wow could the EPA leave companies alone for once. The administration while doing its job correctly is doing the exact opposite of what it promises. Jobs! Closing the plants means more people unemployed. The coal plants are providing reliable electric power sources and electric power to hundreds of people everyday across the country. Coal is our number 1 energy production in the US but we sell most of it to China when it be cheaper to just keep it here and use it ourselves. It costs us less that 5 cents to run a microwave for 1 hour off coal power but we’d rather send the coal to China for the money they offer. It doesn’t make since to close plants when your opening new ones like the surry coal plant in virginia. Anyways great article and sad to see Obama get his way again.
Obama has not the faintest idea what he is doing except to want to wreck this economy and this country. I am concerned if this country can outlast the remaining months Obama has in office.