Pick a side

I don't know if you saw the story the other day, easy for things to sneak through when there is so much trouble in our world.   Medicare cuts, Iran, Kennedy's war on vaccines, gestapo tactics at ICE, so hard to stay sane and current nowadays.

The title was Trump EPA moves to repeal climate rules that limit greenhouse gas emissions from US power plants.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday proposed repealing rules that limit planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from power plants fueled by coal and natural gas, an action that Administrator Lee Zeldin said would remove billions of dollars in costs for industry and help “unleash” American energy.

The EPA also proposed weakening a regulation that requires power plants to reduce emissions of mercury and other toxic pollutants that can harm the brain development of young children and contribute to heart attacks and other health problems in adults.

The rollbacks are meant to fulfill Republican President Donald Trump’s repeated pledge to “ unleash American energy ” and make it more affordable for Americans to power their homes and operate businesses.

I got a letter yesterday telling me that my blog would be so much more fun without my (political) bias. And I am sure that is probably true. Music and photos, an occasional recipe. But there are times I feel I have to speak. And this is one of them.

Repealing these pollution rules is horrific and does nothing for the American people except for enriching a bunch of rich polluters and getting the rest of us sick.

Clean air policies have worked. They save lives. But that does not matter to this administration. What matters is rewarding rich cronies and self enrichment.

The EPA-targeted rules could prevent an estimated 30,000 deaths and save $275 billion each year they are in effect, according to an Associated Press examination that included the agency’s own prior assessments and a wide range of other research.

I pride myself on being a centrist. Pro choice, pro gun, pro liberty, pro environment, pro - science, anti illegal immigration. You can't be all things to all people, it doesn't work. Anti - life policies like these new pollution proposals that will destroy our air, earth and water and damage human health affirm to me which side I belong to if forced to pick.

No question. Center yes, but I could never play for the other team.