If the federal court system were a sane place, this admission of futility would doom CO2 regulation under the Clean Air Act.
The Guardian reports on the House climate hearing today:
McCarthy admitted the EPA on its own could not deliver all of the reductions in greenhouse gas emissions needed to avoid the most catastrophic consequences of climate change.
“Can the EPA alone solve the problem of climate change? No, we cannot,” McCarthy said. “We are working within our authority to do what we can.”
And the DOI alone cannot save the unicorn.
Another one bites the dust!
Czech Republic Abandons Renewables For Coal
The rapid disintegration of the EU’s Climate Policy continues as the Czech Republic decides to abandon costly and unreliable renewable energy and double it’s use of coal, a policy that puts the country in direct confrontation with the EU.
http://toryaardvark.com/2013/09/16/czech-republic-abandons-renewables-for-coal/
“…within our authority…” is a concept that’s rare at EPA under more conservative leadership and absent altogether under Obama and the Enablers.