Dem AGs warn Trump against repealing Obama's climate rule

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill

BY TIMOTHY CAMA - 12/29/16 11:07 AM EST

A group of Democratic state attorneys general is warning President-elect Donald Trump against repealing the Clean Power Plan, saying it would lead to more lawsuits.

The group, led by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman (D) and representing 14 states and five localities, wrote Thursday that it is in Trump’s best interest to preserve Obama’s climate change rule for power plants and continue defending it in federal court.

They stopped short of threatening to sue Trump if he tries to unwind the rule, but guaranteed him that someone would sue.

“We advocate that you reject misguided advice that the Clean Power Plan be discarded; advice that, if followed, would assuredly lead to more litigation,” they wrote. “Instead, we urge you to support the defense of this critically-important rule and the implementation of its carefully constructed strategies to reduce emissions from the nation’s largest sources.”

Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/312095-dem-ags-warn-trump-against-repealing-obamas-climate-rule

[Bayard]

1. Jobs

He told people that environmental concerns were a big reason they lost their jobs.

I hope the AG's back him into a corner and pummel him.

[bucolic_frolic]

2. Strategies are what's important

Trump, like Reagan, like Nixon to some extent - everything has a simple
solution and they are in control.

It's ok to be skeptical, to go slow, to fund innovation to reduce gases,
but to simply put your head in the sand and deny the problem is the
hallmark of abject stupidity.