Greed 2.1

Friends,

  Fuck Bush and all his puppet masters. One last chance to fuck with America and he is going to take it. We have already seen how well deregulating the financial system went, and now they want more deregulation, which will hurt both the consumers and the environment. It is this "more" that has caused so many of our present troubles. The greed is palpable. To think that Big Oil or Big Business are less greedy than Wall Street is absurdest, at best.

Peace, Love and Hope,

Rev O

White House Makes a Last Push to Deregulate

New regulations, which would weaken rules aimed at protecting consumers and environment, could be difficult for next president to undo.

By R. Jeffrey Smith

Washington Post Staff Writer

Friday, October 31, 2008; Page A01

"The White House is working to enact a wide array of federal regulations, many of which would weaken government rules aimed at protecting consumers and the environment, before President Bush leaves office in January.

The new rules would be among the most controversial deregulatory steps of the Bush era and could be difficult for his successor to undo. Some would ease or lift constraints on private industry, including power plants, mines and farms."

"The new rules would be among the most controversial deregulatory steps of the Bush era and could be difficult for his successor to undo."

"The burst of activity has made this a busy period for lobbyists who fear that industry views will hold less sway after the elections."

"Two other rules nearing completion would ease limits on pollution from power plants, a major energy industry goal for the past eight years that is strenuously opposed by Democratic lawmakers and environmental groups.

One rule, being pursued over some opposition within the Environmental Protection Agency, would allow current emissions at a power plant to match the highest levels produced by that plant, overturning a rule that more strictly limits such emission increases. According to the EPA's estimate, it would allow millions of tons of additional carbon dioxide into the atmosphere annually, worsening global warming.

A related regulation would ease limits on emissions from coal-fired power plants near national parks.

A third rule would allow increased emissions from oil refineries, chemical factories and other industrial plants with complex manufacturing operations.

These rules "will force Americans to choke on dirtier air for years to come, unless Congress or the new administration reverses these eleventh-hour abuses," said lawyer John Walke of the Natural Resources Defense Council.