Obama’s Latest EPA Rules Kill Another 500 Jobs
Posted by Jim Hoft on Monday, September 12, 2011, 6:29 PM
Barack Obama’s EPA killed another 500 jobs in Texas. The largest power plant operator announced it would cut the jobs due to Obama’s latest regulations. But don’t worry. Obama’s green energy sector ought to pick up steam any day now.
Fule Fix reported:
The largest power plant operator in Texas says it is closing two large coal-fired units in order to meet pending environmental rules and has filed suit against the Environmental Protection Agency in an effort to block the rules.
Dallas-based Luminant said today it will close Units 1 and 2 at the Monticello Power Plant in Northeast Texas, taking about 1,200 megawatts of capacity offline, in order to comply with the Cross-State Air Pollution rules that go into effect on Jan. 1.
Unit 3 at Monticello will switch over to using only coal from Wyoming’s Powder River Basin, meaning operations at two nearby lignite mines will stop.
At the Big Brown power plant in Freestone County, Units 1 and 2 will switch over to Powder River Basin coal and the nearby lignite mines will close.
The moves will lead to about 500 job cuts, the company said.
“While Luminant is making preparations to meet the rule’s compliance deadline, this morning it also filed a legal challenge in an effort to protect facilities and employees, and to minimize the harm this rule will cause to electric reliability in Texas,” the company said in a statement.
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tpartynitwit commented:
Now more than ever, jobs are more important than people. When will the socialist vermin grasp the concept? A few thousand potential cases of childhood asthma aren’t worth considering against 500 certain jobs now! What will happen to the children of the jobless? The profits of the job creators? Those are certain casualties, but potential childhood asthma victims can move to get better air quality. Breathable air is NOT a reasonable expectancy, jobs and profits are!!
Bob Z commented:
Obama will save or create union jobs.
regularguy commented:
Soon enough, rolling brownouts and blackouts are coming. This is not only an assault on our economic system, the fiats by this administration are directly threatening our national security as well. The madness is we sit by and watch it happen, left only to blogs to comment on this train wreck. Last November may have slowed him down, but Obama and his radicals continue their assault on America unabated.
Buffalobob commented:
500 jobs lost. As Big Sis said, “the system is working”.
Conservative Ken commented:
God almighty, can this Country hold out just one more year with Obama in charge?
Stephana commented:
The epa is making up rules using junk science. They are claiming X amount of lives saved, yet can not show us X amount of dead bodies right now. Defund this behmouth of marxism now.
Nelle commented:
Instead of college degrees, the qualifications to work for the EPA should be:
1 year living in a third world country, with no care packages from home.
1 year of farming for a living
1 year of fishing for a living
1 year on a production line, or in sales, or any blue or white-collar job
Maybe if they understood the working people who support them in their fantasy jobs, they’d know we’re not inclined to keep employing sabateurs.
Hedgehog commented:
Impeach this bastard now.
aprilnovember811 commented:
Why are they going along with this. Just don’t listen to them. What are they going to do about it. He’s not American, he’s an impostor, and the EPA doesn’t have the Constitutional authority to do this. It’s got to the point that in order to save ourselves we have to start ignoring these people, and not go along with it.
They aren’t taking America down fast enough. Have you noticed they’re trying to make her collapse because after November 2012, he’s gone. Why isn’t he being impeached?
big L commented:
On some posts, they are referring to Hilda Solis as having “signed some treaties” with foreign nations regarding the treatment of illegals and providing minimum wage or top wages –something.She can’t do teaties. The Senate and the Pres does treaties…
And another man said that EPA is going after gas log fireplaces or wood fireplaces and he will be out of business after the New Year. All of the companies will be gone-no more fireplaces. anyone else hear of that?
Also anyone hear any MSM outlet talking about the Obama admin (junta) giving go-ahead to open Taliban Diplomatic Office in Qatar?
Babsy commented:
We should secede. Yeah, Mr. Zero is a real piece of work. To hell with him and his regulations. Even if he were impeached, the Senate would never vote to remove him from office. I hope America takes a real good look at what they voted into office. Dimbulbs are parasites.
Andreas K. commented:
No worries, he’ll create another 1,000 government jobs instead…. Wait a second…
spike commented:
Texas is on his hit list.
charlotte commented:
Texas should secede from the US and tell Obama and EPA to screw themselves. Texas is the only state which has consistently created jobs. Obama is probably getting his minions to trawl through every bit of prohibitive legislation to see where he can hit Texas–like he hit Gibson Guitars but not Gibson’s competitor who uses EXACTLY the same kind of wood from EXACTLY the same source. REMEMBER how the Chevrolet dealers who weren’t Obama/Democrap donors got screwed? You can read about it here: http://www.chairmanobama.com/2011/09/obamas-dirty-little-secret-of-chrysler/
bobdog commented:
Oh, don’t worry. Just replace these power plants with about 1200 shiny new windmills.
They can buy magic windmill seeds from the EPA. Besides, progressives think windmills from horizon to horizon look really cool.