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Originally Posted by dc_dux
Loquitor...nuclear power should be an option...IF it is properly regulated. And then there is the disposal question...ask the folks near Yucca Mountain.
But that will take years...and the NIMBY effect should be interesting. Do you want a Nuke plant in your backyard?
In the meantime, the Bush EPA should comply with the USSC ruling last year ( ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE et al. v. DUKE ENERGY CORP. et al.)...dump their so-called "Clear Skies Initiative", and enforce the previous regulations on power plant emissions in the Clean Air Act.
The Bush EPA should also comply with the USSC ruling ( Commonwealth of Massachusetts et al. v. Environmental Protection Agency et al) to issue emission standards (including CO2) for motor vehicles |
After respondent Duke Energy Corporation replaced or redesigned the workings of some of its coal-fired electric generating units, the United States filed this enforcement action, claiming, among other things, that Duke violated the PSD provisions by doing the work without permits. Petitioner environmental groups intervened as plaintiffs and filed a complaint charging similar violations. Duke moved for summary judgment, asserting, inter alia, that none of its projects was a "major modification" requiring a PSD permit because none increased hourly emissions rates.
I read the summary, which was enough leaglese to cause me brain damage as it is, but this was about permits?
I'm not going to read all of it, and all of the rulings, but I don't see anywhere where Duke Energy increased their hourly emissions and this seems to be about if they needed a permit or not to modify their generators in a manner which didn't change their emissions.
I for one am shocked this isn't being properly enforced.