You can thank Charles Koch and the US Supreme Court for this current spate of madness, otherwise known as suing the federal government at every opportunity to get the courts to invalidate any policies that large corporations don’t like. Last week it was chemical manufacturers suing the EPA because of a new rule designed to keep Americans from drinking, which have been found in abundance in half the public drinking water systems in the US.
What it says in essence, is that only Congress can make policies that address “major questions.” The problem, of course, is that the definition of what is a major question is left intentionally vague. It is therefore up to the Supreme Court to hear and decide every case that might possibly touch on a major question, a process that can take years.
Supporters of the new requirements called the lawsuits a cynical attempt to preserve the market for liquid fuels. “This is the oil and the ethanol industry and others happily trying to allow more pollution and health harm so they can continue to profit into the future,” said Dan Becker, director of the Center for Biological Diversity’s Safe Climate Transport Campaign.is already reshaping the US auto industry, steering it toward more electric vehicles.
The ethanol gang claims the EPA could have promoted more efficient combustion by increasing the octane rating of gasoline. How would it do that? By mandating the use of more ethanol, of course. Mandates are perfectly okay if they help prop up failing industries, but not okay if they help keep the Earth habitable for humans? Sure, that makes perfect sense — if you are a highly paid industry shill.
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