States Set to Sue the U.S. Over Greenhouse Gases

dnormant writes to tell us The New York Times is reporting that more than a dozen states are gearing up to sue the Bush administration for holding up efforts to regulate automobile emissions. "The move comes as New York and other Northeastern states are stepping up their push for tougher regulation of greenhouse gases as part of their continuing opposition to President Bush's policies. On Wednesday, Gov. Eliot Spitzer's administration is to issue regulations requiring power plants to pay for their greenhouse gas emissions, part of a broader plan among 10 Northeastern states, known as the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, to move beyond federal regulators in Washington and regulate such emissions on their own."

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[tfoss]

My guess? Now that Iraq is starting to look better, they need something new to hammer Bush with, lest he actually start to make gains in his approval ratings. First of all, wtf are you smoking that's making iraq look better? Whatever it is, the majority of the country sure doesn't have any. Second, Bush has net disapproval ratings in the -30s for the past year, I don't think anything is new is needed (though he continues to provide them with SCHIP, DOJ and FISA shenanigans, and an Iran war drumbeat). Third, hammering Bush on environmental issues is a perfectly legitimate avenue, given that the League of Conservation Voters has labeled him as the most anti-environmental president in the country's history.

Most Americans think Oswald didn't assasinate JFK. Almost half of Americans think UFO's visited the earth. And the vast majority of Americans beleive in God, Heaven, Angels, Miracles, Hell, and the Devil, and not in a figurative sense. And nearly half of the republicans running for president don't believe in evolution, at least one democratic hopeful believes he had an alien encounter. Our president thinks god talks to him (and apparently god thought we should preemptively invade a country who posed no threat to us). What is your point? Oh, right: You know what? Most people are fucking stupid. Since politicians are people too, aren't they mostly fucking stupid to?

There's a reason why "most Americans" don't get to make policy. Yeah, they are too poor.

-Ted