Not bearing with CO2 laws in Alaska or elsewhere

I wrote my thoughts on this stupid decision of Interior to put polar bears under the threatened species act in a previous post today. I just want to point out that Alaskans are very angry about the Interior Department making the polar bear a threatened species. Who’s know better about what is best for Alaska and their increasing polar bear population then those who live there. Now Alaska will reap the dire economic consequences of this political decision that if not overturned will have far reaching consequences and stop most future energy development in the U.S. Under a liberal administration they could even use the threatened bear to totally regulate the CO2 output of everyone in the United States. It is unbelievable what damage they can do to this nation if government and the courts dictate all CO2 output through some legal mandate to save the bears.

MY advise to Alaska is to sue the Interior Department and if you lose in the courts because of radical environmentalist federal judges start exploring taking the steps to starting your own nation. Because if this Pandora’s box is not closed by the next administration, Washington, every environmental wacko and the liberal controlled Federal courts are going to use CO2 to totally dictate every development in your state. Many other states might have to come to similar conclusions if the Far Left wackos get control of U.S. government in the next election and there insane programs put your state’s citizens under oppressive and self destructive Federal energy and carbon laws.

Decision greeted with angst, anger: Alaska News | adn.com

Alaska industry and political leaders reacted with disappointment, even vehemence, to the decision Wednesday to protect the polar bear as “threatened,” despite assurances from the Bush administration that the listing would mean no new regulation in Alaska.

Industry officials worried that the listing decision would give environmentalists a new tool for opposing development in the Arctic, especially new offshore oil exploration and development. Politicians attacked the science behind the decision as speculative.

“Reinterpreting the Endangered Species Act in this way is an unequivocal victory for extreme environmentalists who want to block all development in our state,” said Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska.

National conservative groups are already promising to sue over the decision, predicting that Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne’s effort to rule out regulation of greenhouse gas emissions would be overturned in court. One group, the Competitive Enterprise Institute, said the barriers erected by Kempthorne “have all the strength of tissue paper

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, made the point more strongly, calling the decision “grossly premature” because climate change models vary so much. She said the decision “opens a Pandora’s Box that the administration will now be unable to close.”