2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumThe War Has Started.........
Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky has begun an aggressive campaign to block President Obamas climate change agenda in statehouses and courtrooms across the country, arenas far beyond Mr. McConnells official reach and authority.
The campaign of Mr. McConnell, the Senate majority leader, is aimed at stopping a set of Environmental Protection Agency regulations requiring states to reduce carbon pollution from coal-fired power plants, the nations largest source of greenhouse gas emissions.
Once enacted, the rules could shutter hundreds of coal-fired plants in what Mr. Obama has promoted as a transformation of the nations energy economy away from fossil fuels and toward sources like wind and solar power. Mr. McConnell, whose home state is one of the nations largest coal producers, has vowed to fight the rules.
The war against the Democratic Party has began............
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/20/us/politics/mitch-mcconnell-urges-states-to-help-thwart-obamas-war-on-coal.html
Corey_Baker08
(2,157 posts)In the words of John Kerry, 'Bring It On'
HappyMe
(20,277 posts)But that doesn't help this situation right now.
Wounded Bear
(58,649 posts)The War has been underway for years.
Hekate
(90,674 posts)Go back to Richard M. Nixon, why don't you?