Carl Pope's Post on The Huffington Post is an interesting look into why common sense decisions seem to get steam-rolled by what are clearly becoming the minds of those completely out of touch with reality. Being as I am focused on mercury emissions my favorite point is the one dealing with the recent cement plant decison by EPA, that Hg-ATME covered a while ago.
Even the need to clean up mercury is not conceded in the capital. Ten years ago the Sierra Club began pressuring the EPA to clean up mercury emissions from cement kilns, (which are also a major source of greenhouse pollution). Three times federal courts have ordered the agency to regulate the pollution; most recently, in the face of its own signed agreement that it would finally clean up the emissions, the EPA, in an increasingly characteristic act of arrogance, issued a regulation which IT ADMITS WILL DO NOTHING TO STOP THE MERCURY. (The Sierra Club is back in court, asking for a Contempt of Court ruling.)
The whole article is strongly recommended reading.
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