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Red States Don't Care About Clean Air

The Hill:
Red states ask Supreme Court to halt EPA’s methane rule
BY RACHEL FRAZIN - 08/27/24 4:21 PM ET.

A coalition of Republican-led states is asking the Supreme Court to halt the Biden administration’s effort to cut methane from oil and gas production.

The 23 state attorneys general and Arizona’s GOP-led Legislature are asking the Supreme Court to block the implementation of an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule that requires oil and gas wells to control leaks of planet-warming methane.

A coalition of Republican-led states is asking the Supreme Court to halt the Biden administration’s effort to cut methane from oil and gas production.

The 23 state attorneys general and Arizona’s GOP-led Legislature are asking the Supreme Court to block the implementation of an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule that requires oil and gas wells to control leaks of planet-warming methane.

Their appeal comes after a lower court declined to do so. It marks the latest in a string of efforts from Republican-led states to block pollution and climate rules through the high court.

The states argued the EPA overstepped its authority in the rule. They argued that although the federal government is allowed to set emissions limits, the rule is too prescriptive to the states in how to achieve methane emissions cuts.

The EPA declined to comment. When it announced the rule late last year, it said it expected it to have significant climate benefits and also said it would reduce releases of toxic substances.

Methane is a greenhouse gas that can be 30 times as powerful at warming the planet as carbon dioxide over a 100-year period. It is the main component of natural gas and is released during its production.

The states suing over the rule are Oklahoma, Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Carolina, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia and Wyoming, as well as the Arizona Legislature.

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I am shocked that TX AG Ken Paxton has not joined in with this. I guess he is too busy raiding the homes of 80 year old women, accusing them of ballot harvesting.

For the record, Texas has thousands of abandoned, uncapped wells that are spewing methane gas into the air. Gov. Abbott, and his pals, are ignoring this danger, as they look for voter fraud that does not exist in the state.
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But it’s ok for child labor to mine the essentials for electric vehicle batteries. And when EVs catch fire= smoke= harm to the environment and climate, right?
@soar2newhighs Sorry dude, they're all using LiFePo4 batteries these days; cobalt free. Try to keep up!!
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@soar2newhighs And what's the date on that??
@ElwoodBlues No idea. If you got some info on what you posted about put it up.
And re: date, if you know that there has been a change, put that up also.
And if the need will be there for some time, expect the circumstances to stay the same.
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@soar2newhighs No worries... according to a conservative promise those dangerous jobs for children will be coming back to the US soon:

Hazard-Order Regulations. Some young adults show an interest in inherently dangerous jobs. Current rules forbid many young people, even if their family is running the business, from working in such jobs. This results in worker shortages in dangerous fields and often discourages otherwise interested young workers from trying the more dangerous job. With parental consent and proper training, certain young adults should be allowed to learn and work in more dangerous occupations. This would give a green light to training programs and build skills in teenagers who may want to work in these fields. l DOL should amend its hazard-order regulations to permit teenage workers access to work in regulated jobs with proper training and parental consent. young adults show an interest in inherently dangerous jobs. Current rules forbid many young people, even if their family is running the business, from working in such jobs. This results in worker shortages in dangerous fields and often discourages otherwise interested young workers from trying the more dangerousjob. With parental consent and proper training, certain young adults should be allowed to learn and work in more dangerous occupations. This would give a green light to training programs and build skills in teenagers who may want to work in these fields.

- Project 2025: A conservative Promise, Department of Labor and Related Agencies, J. Berry

SOURCE: https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/24088042-project-2025s-mandate-for-leadership-the-conservative-promise

That was written by President-Elect Trump Chief Council to Transition, advising on ethics and legal policy.
So that might make you feel better about the entire thing.

SOURCE: https://fedsoc.org/contributors/jonathan-berry


I also think it's a bit ludicrous that you mention:

And when EVs catch fire= smoke= harm to the environment and climate, right?

Catching fire of an EV, is a malfunction. It's not a common practise, like burning up oil to create energy. You are elevating the exception to make a point. Which is something a lot of people do when they have nothing to contribute.
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@soar2newhighs Red states have also been hard at work trying to repeal child labor laws in the US.
@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow I was citing the child labor used yo mine cobalt.
But being you weighed in, can
make us aware of the attempts being made to repeal child labor laws you say are trying to be repealed, please provide that info.
@soar2newhighs I know what you are referring to. But if you were really concerned about child labour you should also be concerned about it in your own back yard.
@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow You stated there are attempts to repeal child labor laws. Can you back that statement up?
@soar2newhighs https://www.npr.org/2023/04/27/1172544561/new-state-laws-are-rolling-back-regulations-on-child-labor
@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow You forgot to mention that there are those attempting to bolster those laws.
And issues about child labor are going on and have been under this failed administration,
@soar2newhighs Translation. I gave you proof and you ignore it and whine about Biden. Got it.
@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow I read the report. I agree some of these proposed/ passed laws are questionable at best. That said your administration has not fought hard enough through federal legislation and agencies to really effect change.
But hey when I was 18 I could both drink but could also fight in combat. That was NY 1968. Many states opposed drinking at 18 but had no problem with young men being drafter many dying in combat…but hey, no beer for them!!
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