>The case, Ohio v. Environmental Protection Agency (which is not to be confused with a recent, similiarly named case in which the Supreme Court blocked the EPA’s “Good Neighbor” rule), centers on the Clean Air Act and how the EPA regulates vehicle emissions under it. The agency is authorized to enact emissions standards, and state governments are precluded from adopting their own versions of them. The sole exception is California, which is allowed by law to adopt its own emissions standards even if they are stricter than federal standards. The California standards can, in turn, be adopted by other states as well.
Expect a swift dismantling of existing environmental protections in a trump second term.
So they want State’s Rights…. Unless its a Blue State…
If ever progressives control SCOTUS, they might undo the Federal presidential electorial system and reallocate congressional apportionment by extending these principles and discovering that these anachronisms treat voters unevenly by allowing some greater or lesser say in who are their Federal representatives. This argument may be made on the basis of the Equal Protection Clause (14th Amendment) which has been a basis for challenges to unequal representation.
The supreme court is all states rights originalist interpretation of the Constitution. So they should totally be in favor of this for California. I see no reason they would ever rule in favor of big oil or any other big business.
Don’t bother with the politicians. Polite petitions to government get us nowhere. It’s time for a targeted consumer led strike against Big Oil- one company at a time. They’ll fall like dominoes.
Look. The people are miserable. The governments are having a miserable time. You want to know who is NOT suffering? Big Oil/ King Coal.
We need to make their corporate lives a living hell if they don’t switch to a carbon-rebalanced economy. But how?
Cut off their revenues ONE COMPANY AT A TIME. Say we all decide to pick on ( for example) Imperial Esso (Here in Canada -Exxon in the USA?) picket all their gas stations and tell them we will continue to picket until THEY PROMISE TO ONLY INVEST THEIR PROFITS IN SUSTAINABLE ENERGY”
People would still be able to go to other gas stations if they’re not comfy passing by our pickets. If this catches on -and I’m sure it could – then the table turns – The Shareholders become Miserable. The shareholders have the power to demand change. They will because profits go down if they don’t. Make one company promise to invest ALL THEIR PROFITS exclusively in sustainable projects then go after the next one. Simple?
Look, we can petition governments and be all polite and all that junk activism as we have for decades with soooo little to show. We’ve tried going into the woods to protest logging and pipelines at their source…. To. No. Avail. Because… the hands of governments…. Are … tied! And the protesters get arrested out in the booneys. “Out of sight. And out of mind.”
You know who is not miserable through all this ? Big Oil. Big Log. Time to follow the money. Time to force the hand of Big Oil at the PUMPS!
Once we force Esso’s hand we ask Shell next. Then Husky then… you get the picture? We conquer the oil sector then who knows? Retail food ?
Profits are NOT the problem! Unbalanced human-caused carbon emissions is the problem. They can have their profits as long as they help us get to Big Sun!!!
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>The case, Ohio v. Environmental Protection Agency (which is not to be confused with a recent, similiarly named case in which the Supreme Court blocked the EPA’s “Good Neighbor” rule), centers on the Clean Air Act and how the EPA regulates vehicle emissions under it. The agency is authorized to enact emissions standards, and state governments are precluded from adopting their own versions of them. The sole exception is California, which is allowed by law to adopt its own emissions standards even if they are stricter than federal standards. The California standards can, in turn, be adopted by other states as well.
Expect a swift dismantling of existing environmental protections in a trump second term.
So they want State’s Rights…. Unless its a Blue State…
If ever progressives control SCOTUS, they might undo the Federal presidential electorial system and reallocate congressional apportionment by extending these principles and discovering that these anachronisms treat voters unevenly by allowing some greater or lesser say in who are their Federal representatives. This argument may be made on the basis of the Equal Protection Clause (14th Amendment) which has been a basis for challenges to unequal representation.
The supreme court is all states rights originalist interpretation of the Constitution. So they should totally be in favor of this for California. I see no reason they would ever rule in favor of big oil or any other big business.
Don’t bother with the politicians. Polite petitions to government get us nowhere. It’s time for a targeted consumer led strike against Big Oil- one company at a time. They’ll fall like dominoes.
Look. The people are miserable. The governments are having a miserable time. You want to know who is NOT suffering? Big Oil/ King Coal.
We need to make their corporate lives a living hell if they don’t switch to a carbon-rebalanced economy. But how?
Cut off their revenues ONE COMPANY AT A TIME. Say we all decide to pick on ( for example) Imperial Esso (Here in Canada -Exxon in the USA?) picket all their gas stations and tell them we will continue to picket until THEY PROMISE TO ONLY INVEST THEIR PROFITS IN SUSTAINABLE ENERGY”
People would still be able to go to other gas stations if they’re not comfy passing by our pickets. If this catches on -and I’m sure it could – then the table turns – The Shareholders become Miserable. The shareholders have the power to demand change. They will because profits go down if they don’t. Make one company promise to invest ALL THEIR PROFITS exclusively in sustainable projects then go after the next one. Simple?
Look, we can petition governments and be all polite and all that junk activism as we have for decades with soooo little to show. We’ve tried going into the woods to protest logging and pipelines at their source…. To. No. Avail.
Because… the hands of governments…. Are … tied! And the protesters get arrested out in the booneys. “Out of sight. And out of mind.”
You know who is not miserable through all this ? Big Oil. Big Log. Time to follow the money. Time to force the hand of Big Oil at the PUMPS!
Once we force Esso’s hand we ask Shell next. Then Husky then… you get the picture? We conquer the oil sector then who knows? Retail food ?
Profits are NOT the problem! Unbalanced human-caused carbon emissions is the problem. They can have their profits as long as they help us get to Big Sun!!!
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