CO2 Rule Repealed, Coal & Gas Plants Can Stay

I've covered this story for a few decades. Finally, I get to report some good news. Wyoming power plants can stay and will not be regulated out of existence.

President Richard Nixon signed the landmark Clean Air Act of 1970 into law on December 31, 1970. Who doesn't want clean air and water? Congress gave the EPA the power to write regulations to make that happen.

On December 7, 2009, under President Obama, the EPA declared CO2 to be a pollutant so it could have the power to regulate it.

There are a couple of problems with this.

1. The EPA did not have the authority to do this.
2. CO2 is not a pollutant.

CO2 is a life-giving gas. Even NASA studies show that more CO2 in the air is greening our planet. Plants absorb CO2, take the carbon molecule out and use it for growth, then they release O2 back into the air, which we breathe. CO2 is also one of the least effective gases when it comes to trapping heat in our atmosphere.

Did you know that you can buy CO2 emitters to help plants grow bigger in a greenhouse?

After the EPA wrote the new rule regarding CO2, they then began writing more rules to regulate organic fuels like coal, gas, and oil out of existence. Carbon sequestration for power plants became a rule, even though nobody ever quite figured out how to do it effectively.

Wind and solar power were pushed on the nation through the Obama and Biden administrations. These ways of producing energy were shown to be alternative, but not any more "clean or green." The result was a less reliable grid and higher energy prices.

Under the new EPA administrator, Lee Zeldin, the old rules that the EPA was never allowed to write have been repealed. This will allow coal and natural gas power plants to produce energy without having to worry about their CO2 emissions.

Actual pollutants will still be regulated.

If done right, our nation can get back to producing clean, inexpensive, reliable energy.

Expect a litany of environmental lawsuits.