Once again, Trump is being handed a good and growing economy on a silver platter

AND another thing ASSHOLE the USA is the largest producer of oil in the world right now.
and IF the Saudis decide to flood the market that will lower the price of oil and the US producers will cut back and be behind them
 
Well first of all I never said it wasn't possible to increase it more, a lot of that has to do with world production and demand.
As I said in my last post the Saudis are playing around with the idea of another oil price war with Russia, if that happen they will flood the market and the price will drop a LOT and the US oil producers will not be able to compete and will shut down .
And again right now the US oil companies have been making record profits year over year BILLIONS and BILLIONS of dollars . it sounds like you think the US TAXPAYER should help them pay for building another refinery or two so they can make billions more in profit.
YES I agree we could use a few more refineries but NOT at taxpayers expense.
Actually, energy companies aren't all that profitable. Exxon and Chevron only come in at about 100-ish in the rankings of corporate profitability. The companies that are raking in the dough are ones like major credit card companies and makers of cell phones like, Apple.
 
POST what you want me to read I am not going to set here and read all day.
IF there is some point you want people to know then highlight it or copy and post it .
'Tay! :LOL:


Executive Order 13990 of January 20, 2021
Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring
Science To Tackle the Climate Crisis
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Policy. Our Nation has an abiding commitment to empower our
workers and communities; promote and protect our public health and the
environment; and conserve our national treasures and monuments, places
that secure our national memory. Where the Federal Government has failed
to meet that commitment in the past, it must advance environmental justice.
In carrying out this charge, the Federal Government must be guided by
the best science and be protected by processes that ensure the integrity
of Federal decision-making. It is, therefore, the policy of my Administration
to listen to the science; to improve public health and protect our environment;
to ensure access to clean air and water; to limit exposure to dangerous
chemicals and pesticides; to hold polluters accountable, including those
who disproportionately harm communities of color and low-income commu-
nities; to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; to bolster resilience to the impacts
of climate change; to restore and expand our national treasures and monu-
ments; and to prioritize both environmental justice and the creation of
the well-paying union jobs necessary to deliver on these goals.
To that end, this order directs all executive departments and agencies (agen-
cies) to immediately review and, as appropriate and consistent with applica-
ble law, take action to address the promulgation of Federal regulations
and other actions during the last 4 years that conflict with these important
national objectives, and to immediately commence work to confront the
climate crisis.
Sec. 2. Immediate Review of Agency Actions Taken Between January 20,
2017, and January 20, 2021. (a) The heads of all agencies shall immediately
review all existing regulations, orders, guidance documents, policies, and
any other similar agency actions (agency actions) promulgated, issued, or
adopted between January 20, 2017, and January 20, 2021, that are or may
be inconsistent with, or present obstacles to, the policy set forth in section
1 of this order. For any such actions identified by the agencies, the heads
of agencies shall, as appropriate and consistent with applicable law, consider
suspending, revising, or rescinding the agency actions. In addition, for the
agency actions in the 4 categories set forth in subsections (i) through (iv)
of this section, the head of the relevant agency, as appropriate and consistent
with applicable law, shall consider publishing for notice and comment a
proposed rule suspending, revising, or rescinding the agency action within
the time frame specified.
(i) Reducing Methane Emissions in the Oil and Gas Sector: ‘‘Oil and
Natural Gas Sector: Emission Standards for New, Reconstructed, and Modi-
fied Sources Reconsideration,’’ 85 FR 57398 (September 15, 2020), by
September 2021.
(ii) Establishing Ambitious, Job-Creating Fuel Economy Standards: ‘‘The
Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Rule Part One: One Na-
tional Program,’’ 84 FR 51310 (September 27, 2019), by April 2021; and
‘‘The Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Rule for Model Years
2021–2026 Passenger Cars and Light Trucks,’’ 85 FR 24174 (April 30,
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7038 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 14 / Monday, January 25, 2021 / Presidential Documents
2020), by July 2021. In considering whether to propose suspending, revis-
ing, or rescinding the latter rule, the agency should consider the views
of representatives from labor unions, States, and industry.
(iii) Job-Creating Appliance- and Building-Efficiency Standards: ‘‘Energy
Conservation Program for Appliance Standards: Procedures for Use in
New or Revised Energy Conservation Standards and Test Procedures for
Consumer Products and Commercial/Industrial Equipment,’’ 85 FR 8626
(February 14, 2020), with major revisions proposed by March 2021 and
any remaining revisions proposed by June 2021; ‘‘Energy Conservation
Program for Appliance Standards: Procedures for Evaluating Statutory Fac-
tors for Use in New or Revised Energy Conservation Standards,’’ 85 FR
50937 (August 19, 2020), with major revisions proposed by March 2021
and any remaining revisions proposed by June 2021; ‘‘Final Determination
Regarding Energy Efficiency Improvements in the 2018 International Energy
Conservation Code (IECC),’’ 84 FR 67435 (December 10, 2019), by May
2021; ‘‘Final Determination Regarding Energy Efficiency Improvements
in ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1–2016: Energy Standard for Buildings,
Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings,’’ 83 FR 8463 (February 27, 2018),
by May 2021.
(iv) Protecting Our Air from Harmful Pollution: ‘‘National Emission Stand-
ards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Coal- and Oil-Fired Electric Utility
Steam Generating Units—Reconsideration of Supplemental Finding and
Residual Risk and Technology Review,’’ 85 FR 31286 (May 22, 2020),
by August 2021; ‘‘Increasing Consistency and Transparency in Considering
Benefits and Costs in the Clean Air Act Rulemaking Process,’’ 85 FR
84130 (December 23, 2020), as soon as possible; ‘‘Strengthening Trans-
parency in Pivotal Science Underlying Significant Regulatory Actions and
Influential Scientific Information,’’ 86 FR 469 (January 6, 2021), as soon
as possible.
(b) Within 30 days of the date of this order, heads of agencies shall
submit to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
a preliminary list of any actions being considered pursuant to section (2)(a)
of this order that would be completed by December 31, 2021, and that
would be subject to OMB review. Within 90 days of the date of this order,
heads of agencies shall submit to the Director of OMB an updated list
of any actions being considered pursuant to section (2)(a) of this order
that would be completed by December 31, 2025, and that would be subject
to OMB review. At the time of submission to the Director of OMB, heads
of agencies shall also send each list to the National Climate Advisor. In
addition, and at the same time, heads of agencies shall send to the National
Climate Advisor a list of additional actions being considered pursuant to
section (2)(a) of this order that would not be subject to OMB review.
(c) Heads of agencies shall, as appropriate and consistent with applicable
law, consider whether to take any additional agency actions to fully enforce
the policy set forth in section 1 of this order. With respect to the Adminis-
trator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the following specific actions
should be considered:
(i) proposing new regulations to establish comprehensive standards of
performance and emission guidelines for methane and volatile organic
compound emissions from existing operations in the oil and gas sector,
including the exploration and production, transmission, processing, and
storage segments, by September 2021; and
(ii) proposing a Federal Implementation Plan in accordance with the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency’s ‘‘Findings of Failure To Submit State Imple-
mentation Plan Revisions in Response to the 2016 Oil and Natural Gas
Industry Control Techniques Guidelines for the 2008 Ozone National Ambi-
ent Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) and for States in the Ozone Transport
Region,’’ 85 FR 72963 (November 16, 2020), for California, Connecticut,
New York, Pennsylvania, and Texas by January 2022.
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7039Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 14 / Monday, January 25, 2021 / Presidential Documents
(d) The Attorney General may, as appropriate and consistent with applica-
ble law, provide notice of this order and any actions taken pursuant to
section 2(a) of this order to any court with jurisdiction over pending litigation
related to those agency actions identified pursuant to section (2)(a) of this
order, and may, in his discretion, request that the court stay or otherwise
dispose of litigation, or seek other appropriate relief consistent with this
order, until the completion of the processes described in this order.
(e) In carrying out the actions directed in this section, heads of agencies
shall seek input from the public and stakeholders, including State local,
Tribal, and territorial officials, scientists, labor unions, environmental advo-
cates, and environmental justice organizations.
Sec. 3. Restoring National Monuments. (a) The Secretary of the Interior,
as appropriate and consistent with applicable law, including the Antiquities
Act, 54 U.S.C. 320301 et seq., shall, in consultation with the Attorney
General, the Secretaries of Agriculture and Commerce, the Chair of the
Council on Environmental Quality, and Tribal governments, conduct a review
of the monument boundaries and conditions that were established by Procla-
mation 9681 of December 4, 2017 (Modifying the Bears Ears National Monu-
ment); Proclamation 9682 of December 4, 2017 (Modifying the Grand Stair-
case-Escalante National Monument); and Proclamation 10049 of June 5, 2020
(Modifying the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monu-
ment), to determine whether restoration of the monument boundaries and
conditions that existed as of January 20, 2017, would be appropriate.
(b) Within 60 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of the Interior
shall submit a report to the President summarizing the findings of the
review conducted pursuant to subsection (a), which shall include rec-
ommendations for such Presidential actions or other actions consistent with
law as the Secretary may consider appropriate to carry out the policy set
forth in section 1 of this order.
(c) The Attorney General may, as appropriate and consistent with applica-
ble law, provide notice of this order to any court with jurisdiction over
pending litigation related to the Grand Staircase-Escalante, Bears Ears, and
Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monuments, and may,
in his discretion, request that the court stay the litigation or otherwise
delay further litigation, or seek other appropriate relief consistent with this
order, pending the completion of the actions described in subsection (a)
of this section.
 
Actually, energy companies aren't all that profitable. Exxon and Chevron only come in at about 100-ish in the rankings of corporate profitability. The companies that are raking in the dough are ones like major credit card companies and makers of cell phones like, Apple.
They aren't???
Here look at this, and those numbers are in Billions .

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Actually, energy companies aren't all that profitable. Exxon and Chevron only come in at about 100-ish in the rankings of corporate profitability. The companies that are raking in the dough are ones like major credit card companies and makers of cell phones like, Apple.
 
'Tay! :LOL:


Executive Order 13990 of January 20, 2021
Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring
Science To Tackle the Climate Crisis
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Policy. Our Nation has an abiding commitment to empower our
workers and communities; promote and protect our public health and the
environment; and conserve our national treasures and monuments, places
that secure our national memory. Where the Federal Government has failed
to meet that commitment in the past, it must advance environmental justice.
In carrying out this charge, the Federal Government must be guided by
the best science and be protected by processes that ensure the integrity
of Federal decision-making. It is, therefore, the policy of my Administration
to listen to the science; to improve public health and protect our environment;
to ensure access to clean air and water; to limit exposure to dangerous
chemicals and pesticides; to hold polluters accountable, including those
who disproportionately harm communities of color and low-income commu-
nities; to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; to bolster resilience to the impacts
of climate change; to restore and expand our national treasures and monu-
ments; and to prioritize both environmental justice and the creation of
the well-paying union jobs necessary to deliver on these goals.
To that end, this order directs all executive departments and agencies (agen-
cies) to immediately review and, as appropriate and consistent with applica-
ble law, take action to address the promulgation of Federal regulations
and other actions during the last 4 years that conflict with these important
national objectives, and to immediately commence work to confront the
climate crisis.
Sec. 2. Immediate Review of Agency Actions Taken Between January 20,
2017, and January 20, 2021. (a) The heads of all agencies shall immediately
review all existing regulations, orders, guidance documents, policies, and
any other similar agency actions (agency actions) promulgated, issued, or
adopted between January 20, 2017, and January 20, 2021, that are or may
be inconsistent with, or present obstacles to, the policy set forth in section
1 of this order. For any such actions identified by the agencies, the heads
of agencies shall, as appropriate and consistent with applicable law, consider
suspending, revising, or rescinding the agency actions. In addition, for the
agency actions in the 4 categories set forth in subsections (i) through (iv)
of this section, the head of the relevant agency, as appropriate and consistent
with applicable law, shall consider publishing for notice and comment a
proposed rule suspending, revising, or rescinding the agency action within
the time frame specified.
(i) Reducing Methane Emissions in the Oil and Gas Sector: ‘‘Oil and
Natural Gas Sector: Emission Standards for New, Reconstructed, and Modi-
fied Sources Reconsideration,’’ 85 FR 57398 (September 15, 2020), by
September 2021.
(ii) Establishing Ambitious, Job-Creating Fuel Economy Standards: ‘‘The
Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Rule Part One: One Na-
tional Program,’’ 84 FR 51310 (September 27, 2019), by April 2021; and
‘‘The Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Rule for Model Years
2021–2026 Passenger Cars and Light Trucks,’’ 85 FR 24174 (April 30,
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7038 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 14 / Monday, January 25, 2021 / Presidential Documents
2020), by July 2021. In considering whether to propose suspending, revis-
ing, or rescinding the latter rule, the agency should consider the views
of representatives from labor unions, States, and industry.
(iii) Job-Creating Appliance- and Building-Efficiency Standards: ‘‘Energy
Conservation Program for Appliance Standards: Procedures for Use in
New or Revised Energy Conservation Standards and Test Procedures for
Consumer Products and Commercial/Industrial Equipment,’’ 85 FR 8626
(February 14, 2020), with major revisions proposed by March 2021 and
any remaining revisions proposed by June 2021; ‘‘Energy Conservation
Program for Appliance Standards: Procedures for Evaluating Statutory Fac-
tors for Use in New or Revised Energy Conservation Standards,’’ 85 FR
50937 (August 19, 2020), with major revisions proposed by March 2021
and any remaining revisions proposed by June 2021; ‘‘Final Determination
Regarding Energy Efficiency Improvements in the 2018 International Energy
Conservation Code (IECC),’’ 84 FR 67435 (December 10, 2019), by May
2021; ‘‘Final Determination Regarding Energy Efficiency Improvements
in ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1–2016: Energy Standard for Buildings,
Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings,’’ 83 FR 8463 (February 27, 2018),
by May 2021.
(iv) Protecting Our Air from Harmful Pollution: ‘‘National Emission Stand-
ards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Coal- and Oil-Fired Electric Utility
Steam Generating Units—Reconsideration of Supplemental Finding and
Residual Risk and Technology Review,’’ 85 FR 31286 (May 22, 2020),
by August 2021; ‘‘Increasing Consistency and Transparency in Considering
Benefits and Costs in the Clean Air Act Rulemaking Process,’’ 85 FR
84130 (December 23, 2020), as soon as possible; ‘‘Strengthening Trans-
parency in Pivotal Science Underlying Significant Regulatory Actions and
Influential Scientific Information,’’ 86 FR 469 (January 6, 2021), as soon
as possible.
(b) Within 30 days of the date of this order, heads of agencies shall
submit to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
a preliminary list of any actions being considered pursuant to section (2)(a)
of this order that would be completed by December 31, 2021, and that
would be subject to OMB review. Within 90 days of the date of this order,
heads of agencies shall submit to the Director of OMB an updated list
of any actions being considered pursuant to section (2)(a) of this order
that would be completed by December 31, 2025, and that would be subject
to OMB review. At the time of submission to the Director of OMB, heads
of agencies shall also send each list to the National Climate Advisor. In
addition, and at the same time, heads of agencies shall send to the National
Climate Advisor a list of additional actions being considered pursuant to
section (2)(a) of this order that would not be subject to OMB review.
(c) Heads of agencies shall, as appropriate and consistent with applicable
law, consider whether to take any additional agency actions to fully enforce
the policy set forth in section 1 of this order. With respect to the Adminis-
trator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the following specific actions
should be considered:
(i) proposing new regulations to establish comprehensive standards of
performance and emission guidelines for methane and volatile organic
compound emissions from existing operations in the oil and gas sector,
including the exploration and production, transmission, processing, and
storage segments, by September 2021; and
(ii) proposing a Federal Implementation Plan in accordance with the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency’s ‘‘Findings of Failure To Submit State Imple-
mentation Plan Revisions in Response to the 2016 Oil and Natural Gas
Industry Control Techniques Guidelines for the 2008 Ozone National Ambi-
ent Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) and for States in the Ozone Transport
Region,’’ 85 FR 72963 (November 16, 2020), for California, Connecticut,
New York, Pennsylvania, and Texas by January 2022.
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7039Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 14 / Monday, January 25, 2021 / Presidential Documents
(d) The Attorney General may, as appropriate and consistent with applica-
ble law, provide notice of this order and any actions taken pursuant to
section 2(a) of this order to any court with jurisdiction over pending litigation
related to those agency actions identified pursuant to section (2)(a) of this
order, and may, in his discretion, request that the court stay or otherwise
dispose of litigation, or seek other appropriate relief consistent with this
order, until the completion of the processes described in this order.
(e) In carrying out the actions directed in this section, heads of agencies
shall seek input from the public and stakeholders, including State local,
Tribal, and territorial officials, scientists, labor unions, environmental advo-
cates, and environmental justice organizations.
Sec. 3. Restoring National Monuments. (a) The Secretary of the Interior,
as appropriate and consistent with applicable law, including the Antiquities
Act, 54 U.S.C. 320301 et seq., shall, in consultation with the Attorney
General, the Secretaries of Agriculture and Commerce, the Chair of the
Council on Environmental Quality, and Tribal governments, conduct a review
of the monument boundaries and conditions that were established by Procla-
mation 9681 of December 4, 2017 (Modifying the Bears Ears National Monu-
ment); Proclamation 9682 of December 4, 2017 (Modifying the Grand Stair-
case-Escalante National Monument); and Proclamation 10049 of June 5, 2020
(Modifying the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monu-
ment), to determine whether restoration of the monument boundaries and
conditions that existed as of January 20, 2017, would be appropriate.
(b) Within 60 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of the Interior
shall submit a report to the President summarizing the findings of the
review conducted pursuant to subsection (a), which shall include rec-
ommendations for such Presidential actions or other actions consistent with
law as the Secretary may consider appropriate to carry out the policy set
forth in section 1 of this order.
(c) The Attorney General may, as appropriate and consistent with applica-
ble law, provide notice of this order to any court with jurisdiction over
pending litigation related to the Grand Staircase-Escalante, Bears Ears, and
Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monuments, and may,
in his discretion, request that the court stay the litigation or otherwise
delay further litigation, or seek other appropriate relief consistent with this
order, pending the completion of the actions described in subsection (a)
of this section.
Like I said if there is something you want me to read out of that mess cut it out and send it I am NOT going to sit here and waste my time with your BS
 
They aren't???
Here look at this, and those numbers are in Billions .

View attachment 36882

So? A proverbial drop in the bucket compared to Apple, Visa, Mastercard...

Apple had a profit margin of 25.64%
Visa had a margin of 53.24%
Mastercard 45.45%


It's companies like Apple, Microsoft, and Alphabet (Google) that make obscene profits just like credit card companies do.
 
Sec. 4. Arctic Refuge. (a) In light of the alleged legal deficiencies underlying
the program, including the inadequacy of the environmental review required
by the National Environmental Policy Act, the Secretary of the Interior
shall, as appropriate and consistent with applicable law, place a temporary
moratorium on all activities of the Federal Government relating to the imple-
mentation of the Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program, as established
by the Record of Decision signed August 17, 2020, in the Arctic National
Wildlife Refuge. The Secretary shall review the program and, as appropriate
and consistent with applicable law, conduct a new, comprehensive analysis
of the potential environmental impacts of the oil and gas program.
(b) In Executive Order 13754 of December 9, 2016 (Northern Bering Sea
Climate Resilience), and in the Presidential Memorandum of December 20,
2016 (Withdrawal of Certain Portions of the United States Arctic Outer
Continental Shelf From Mineral Leasing), President Obama withdrew areas
in Arctic waters and the Bering Sea from oil and gas drilling and established
the Northern Bering Sea Climate Resilience Area. Subsequently, the order
was revoked and the memorandum was amended in Executive Order 13795
of April 28, 2017 (Implementing an America-First Offshore Energy Strategy).
Pursuant to section 12(a) of the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, 43
U.S.C. 1341(a), Executive Order 13754 and the Presidential Memorandum
of December 20, 2016, are hereby reinstated in their original form, thereby
restoring the original withdrawal of certain offshore areas in Arctic waters
and the Bering Sea from oil and gas drilling.
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(c) The Attorney General may, as appropriate and consistent with applica-
ble law, provide notice of this order to any court with jurisdiction over
pending litigation related to the Coastal Plain Oil and Gas Leasing Program
in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and other related programs, and
may, in his discretion, request that the court stay the litigation or otherwise
delay further litigation, or seek other appropriate relief consistent with this
order, pending the completion of the actions described in subsection (a)
of this section.
Sec. 5. Accounting for the Benefits of Reducing Climate Pollution. (a) It
is essential that agencies capture the full costs of greenhouse gas emissions
as accurately as possible, including by taking global damages into account.
Doing so facilitates sound decision-making, recognizes the breadth of climate
impacts, and supports the international leadership of the United States on
climate issues. The ‘‘social cost of carbon’’ (SCC), ‘‘social cost of nitrous
oxide’’ (SCN), and ‘‘social cost of methane’’ (SCM) are estimates of the
monetized damages associated with incremental increases in greenhouse
gas emissions. They are intended to include changes in net agricultural
productivity, human health, property damage from increased flood risk,
and the value of ecosystem services. An accurate social cost is essential
for agencies to accurately determine the social benefits of reducing green-
house gas emissions when conducting cost-benefit analyses of regulatory
and other actions.
(b) There is hereby established an Interagency Working Group on the
Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases (the ‘‘Working Group’’). The Chair of the
Council of Economic Advisers, Director of OMB, and Director of the Office
of Science and Technology Policy shall serve as Co-Chairs of the Working
Group.
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(i) Membership. The Working Group shall also include the following other
officers, or their designees: the Secretary of the Treasury; the Secretary
of the Interior; the Secretary of Agriculture; the Secretary of Commerce;
the Secretary of Health and Human Services; the Secretary of Transpor-
tation; the Secretary of Energy; the Chair of the Council on Environmental
Quality; the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency; the
Assistant to the President and National Climate Advisor; and the Assistant
to the President for Economic Policy and Director of the National Economic
Council.
(ii) Mission and Work. The Working Group shall, as appropriate and
consistent with applicable law:
(A) publish an interim SCC, SCN, and SCM within 30 days of the
date of this order, which agencies shall use when monetizing the value
of changes in greenhouse gas emissions resulting from regulations and
other relevant agency actions until final values are published;
(B) publish a final SCC, SCN, and SCM by no later than January 2022;
(C) provide recommendations to the President, by no later than Sep-
tember 1, 2021, regarding areas of decision-making, budgeting, and procure-
ment by the Federal Government where the SCC, SCN, and SCM should
be applied;
(D) provide recommendations, by no later than June 1, 2022, regarding
a process for reviewing, and, as appropriate, updating, the SCC, SCN,
and SCM to ensure that these costs are based on the best available econom-
ics and science; and
(E) provide recommendations, to be published with the final SCC, SCN,
and SCM under subparagraph (A) if feasible, and in any event by no
later than June 1, 2022, to revise methodologies for calculating the SCC,
SCN, and SCM, to the extent that current methodologies do not adequately
take account of climate risk, environmental justice, and intergenerational
equity.
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(iii) Methodology. In carrying out its activities, the Working Group shall
consider the recommendations of the National Academies of Science, Engi-
neering, and Medicine as reported in Valuing Climate Damages: Updating
Estimation of the Social Cost of Carbon Dioxide (2017) and other pertinent
scientific literature; solicit public comment; engage with the public and
stakeholders; seek the advice of ethics experts; and ensure that the SCC,
SCN, and SCM reflect the interests of future generations in avoiding threats
posed by climate change.
 
Sec. 6. Revoking the March 2019 Permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline.
(a) On March 29, 2019, the President granted to TransCanada Keystone
Pipeline, L.P. a Presidential permit (the ‘‘Permit’’) to construct, connect,
operate, and maintain pipeline facilities at the international border of the
United States and Canada (the ‘‘Keystone XL pipeline’’), subject to express
conditions and potential revocation in the President’s sole discretion. The
Permit is hereby revoked in accordance with Article 1(1) of the Permit.
(b) In 2015, following an exhaustive review, the Department of State
and the President determined that approving the proposed Keystone XL
pipeline would not serve the U.S. national interest. That analysis, in addition
to concluding that the significance of the proposed pipeline for our energy
security and economy is limited, stressed that the United States must
prioritize the development of a clean energy economy, which will in turn
create good jobs. The analysis further concluded that approval of the pro-
posed pipeline would undermine U.S. climate leadership by undercutting
the credibility and influence of the United States in urging other countries
to take ambitious climate action.
(c) Climate change has had a growing effect on the U.S. economy, with
climate-related costs increasing over the last 4 years. Extreme weather events
and other climate-related effects have harmed the health, safety, and security
of the American people and have increased the urgency for combatting
climate change and accelerating the transition toward a clean energy econ-
omy. The world must be put on a sustainable climate pathway to protect
Americans and the domestic economy from harmful climate impacts, and
to create well-paying union jobs as part of the climate solution.
(d) The Keystone XL pipeline disserves the U.S. national interest. The
United States and the world face a climate crisis. That crisis must be
met with action on a scale and at a speed commensurate with the need
to avoid setting the world on a dangerous, potentially catastrophic, climate
trajectory. At home, we will combat the crisis with an ambitious plan
to build back better, designed to both reduce harmful emissions and create
good clean-energy jobs. Our domestic efforts must go hand in hand with
U.S. diplomatic engagement. Because most greenhouse gas emissions origi-
nate beyond our borders, such engagement is more necessary and urgent
than ever. The United States must be in a position to exercise vigorous
climate leadership in order to achieve a significant increase in global climate
action and put the world on a sustainable climate pathway. Leaving the
Keystone XL pipeline permit in place would not be consistent with my
Administration’s economic and climate imperatives.
Sec. 7. Other Revocations. (a) Executive Order 13766 of January 24, 2017
(Expediting Environmental Reviews and Approvals For High Priority Infra-
structure Projects), Executive Order 13778 of February 28, 2017 (Restoring
the Rule of Law, Federalism, and Economic Growth by Reviewing the ‘‘Waters
of the United States’’ Rule), Executive Order 13783 of March 28, 2017
(Promoting Energy Independence and Economic Growth), Executive Order
13792 of April 26, 2017 (Review of Designations Under the Antiquities
Act), Executive Order 13795 of April 28, 2017 (Implementing an America-
First Offshore Energy Strategy), Executive Order 13868 of April 10, 2019
(Promoting Energy Infrastructure and Economic Growth), and Executive Order
13927 of June 4, 2020 (Accelerating the Nation’s Economic Recovery from
the COVID–19 Emergency by Expediting Infrastructure Investments and Other
Activities), are hereby revoked. Executive Order 13834 of May 17, 2018
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(Efficient Federal Operations), is hereby revoked except for sections 6, 7,
and 11.
(b) Executive Order 13807 of August 15, 2017 (Establishing Discipline
and Accountability in the Environmental Review and Permitting Process
for Infrastructure Projects), is hereby revoked. The Director of OMB and
the Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality shall jointly consider
whether to recommend that a replacement order be issued.
(c) Executive Order 13920 of May 1, 2020 (Securing the United States
Bulk-Power System), is hereby suspended for 90 days. The Secretary of
Energy and the Director of OMB shall jointly consider whether to recommend
that a replacement order be issued.
(d) The Presidential Memorandum of April 12, 2018 (Promoting Domestic
Manufacturing and Job Creation Policies and Procedures Relating to Imple-
mentation of Air Quality Standards), the Presidential Memorandum of Octo-
ber 19, 2018 (Promoting the Reliable Supply and Delivery of Water in
the West), and the Presidential Memorandum of February 19, 2020 (Devel-
oping and Delivering More Water Supplies in California), are hereby revoked.
(e) The Council on Environmental Quality shall rescind its draft guidance
entitled, ‘‘Draft National Environmental Policy Act Guidance on Consider-
ation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions,’’ 84 FR 30097 (June 26, 2019). The
Council, as appropriate and consistent with applicable law, shall review,
revise, and update its final guidance entitled, ‘‘Final Guidance for Federal
Departments and Agencies on Consideration of Greenhouse Gas Emissions
and the Effects of Climate Change in National Environmental Policy Act
Reviews,’’ 81 FR 51866 (August 5, 2016).
(f) The Director of OMB and the heads of agencies shall promptly take
steps to rescind any orders, rules, regulations, guidelines, or policies, or
portions thereof, including, if necessary, by proposing such rescissions
through notice-and-comment rulemaking, implementing or enforcing the Ex-
ecutive Orders, Presidential Memoranda, and draft guidance identified in
this section, as appropriate and consistent with applicable law.
Sec. 8. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed
to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency,
or the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented in a manner consistent with applicable
law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
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(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit,
substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party
against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers,
employees, or agents, or any other person.
THE WHITE HOUSE,
January 20, 2021.

Joseph R. Biden.

--That's it! :LOL:
 
'Tay! :LOL:


Executive Order 13990 of January 20, 2021
Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring
Science To Tackle the Climate Crisis
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the
laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Policy. Our Nation has an abiding commitment to empower our
workers and communities; promote and protect our public health and the
environment; and conserve our national treasures and monuments, places
that secure our national memory. Where the Federal Government has failed
to meet that commitment in the past, it must advance environmental justice.
In carrying out this charge, the Federal Government must be guided by
the best science and be protected by processes that ensure the integrity
of Federal decision-making. It is, therefore, the policy of my Administration
to listen to the science; to improve public health and protect our environment;
to ensure access to clean air and water; to limit exposure to dangerous
chemicals and pesticides; to hold polluters accountable, including those
who disproportionately harm communities of color and low-income commu-
nities; to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; to bolster resilience to the impacts
of climate change; to restore and expand our national treasures and monu-
ments; and to prioritize both environmental justice and the creation of
the well-paying union jobs necessary to deliver on these goals.
To that end, this order directs all executive departments and agencies (agen-
cies) to immediately review and, as appropriate and consistent with applica-
ble law, take action to address the promulgation of Federal regulations
and other actions during the last 4 years that conflict with these important
national objectives, and to immediately commence work to confront the
climate crisis.
Sec. 2. Immediate Review of Agency Actions Taken Between January 20,
2017, and January 20, 2021. (a) The heads of all agencies shall immediately
review all existing regulations, orders, guidance documents, policies, and
any other similar agency actions (agency actions) promulgated, issued, or
adopted between January 20, 2017, and January 20, 2021, that are or may
be inconsistent with, or present obstacles to, the policy set forth in section
1 of this order. For any such actions identified by the agencies, the heads
of agencies shall, as appropriate and consistent with applicable law, consider
suspending, revising, or rescinding the agency actions. In addition, for the
agency actions in the 4 categories set forth in subsections (i) through (iv)
of this section, the head of the relevant agency, as appropriate and consistent
with applicable law, shall consider publishing for notice and comment a
proposed rule suspending, revising, or rescinding the agency action within
the time frame specified.
(i) Reducing Methane Emissions in the Oil and Gas Sector: ‘‘Oil and
Natural Gas Sector: Emission Standards for New, Reconstructed, and Modi-
fied Sources Reconsideration,’’ 85 FR 57398 (September 15, 2020), by
September 2021.
(ii) Establishing Ambitious, Job-Creating Fuel Economy Standards: ‘‘The
Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Rule Part One: One Na-
tional Program,’’ 84 FR 51310 (September 27, 2019), by April 2021; and
‘‘The Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Rule for Model Years
2021–2026 Passenger Cars and Light Trucks,’’ 85 FR 24174 (April 30,
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2020), by July 2021. In considering whether to propose suspending, revis-
ing, or rescinding the latter rule, the agency should consider the views
of representatives from labor unions, States, and industry.
(iii) Job-Creating Appliance- and Building-Efficiency Standards: ‘‘Energy
Conservation Program for Appliance Standards: Procedures for Use in
New or Revised Energy Conservation Standards and Test Procedures for
Consumer Products and Commercial/Industrial Equipment,’’ 85 FR 8626
(February 14, 2020), with major revisions proposed by March 2021 and
any remaining revisions proposed by June 2021; ‘‘Energy Conservation
Program for Appliance Standards: Procedures for Evaluating Statutory Fac-
tors for Use in New or Revised Energy Conservation Standards,’’ 85 FR
50937 (August 19, 2020), with major revisions proposed by March 2021
and any remaining revisions proposed by June 2021; ‘‘Final Determination
Regarding Energy Efficiency Improvements in the 2018 International Energy
Conservation Code (IECC),’’ 84 FR 67435 (December 10, 2019), by May
2021; ‘‘Final Determination Regarding Energy Efficiency Improvements
in ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1–2016: Energy Standard for Buildings,
Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings,’’ 83 FR 8463 (February 27, 2018),
by May 2021.
(iv) Protecting Our Air from Harmful Pollution: ‘‘National Emission Stand-
ards for Hazardous Air Pollutants: Coal- and Oil-Fired Electric Utility
Steam Generating Units—Reconsideration of Supplemental Finding and
Residual Risk and Technology Review,’’ 85 FR 31286 (May 22, 2020),
by August 2021; ‘‘Increasing Consistency and Transparency in Considering
Benefits and Costs in the Clean Air Act Rulemaking Process,’’ 85 FR
84130 (December 23, 2020), as soon as possible; ‘‘Strengthening Trans-
parency in Pivotal Science Underlying Significant Regulatory Actions and
Influential Scientific Information,’’ 86 FR 469 (January 6, 2021), as soon
as possible.
(b) Within 30 days of the date of this order, heads of agencies shall
submit to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
a preliminary list of any actions being considered pursuant to section (2)(a)
of this order that would be completed by December 31, 2021, and that
would be subject to OMB review. Within 90 days of the date of this order,
heads of agencies shall submit to the Director of OMB an updated list
of any actions being considered pursuant to section (2)(a) of this order
that would be completed by December 31, 2025, and that would be subject
to OMB review. At the time of submission to the Director of OMB, heads
of agencies shall also send each list to the National Climate Advisor. In
addition, and at the same time, heads of agencies shall send to the National
Climate Advisor a list of additional actions being considered pursuant to
section (2)(a) of this order that would not be subject to OMB review.
(c) Heads of agencies shall, as appropriate and consistent with applicable
law, consider whether to take any additional agency actions to fully enforce
the policy set forth in section 1 of this order. With respect to the Adminis-
trator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the following specific actions
should be considered:
(i) proposing new regulations to establish comprehensive standards of
performance and emission guidelines for methane and volatile organic
compound emissions from existing operations in the oil and gas sector,
including the exploration and production, transmission, processing, and
storage segments, by September 2021; and
(ii) proposing a Federal Implementation Plan in accordance with the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency’s ‘‘Findings of Failure To Submit State Imple-
mentation Plan Revisions in Response to the 2016 Oil and Natural Gas
Industry Control Techniques Guidelines for the 2008 Ozone National Ambi-
ent Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) and for States in the Ozone Transport
Region,’’ 85 FR 72963 (November 16, 2020), for California, Connecticut,
New York, Pennsylvania, and Texas by January 2022.
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(d) The Attorney General may, as appropriate and consistent with applica-
ble law, provide notice of this order and any actions taken pursuant to
section 2(a) of this order to any court with jurisdiction over pending litigation
related to those agency actions identified pursuant to section (2)(a) of this
order, and may, in his discretion, request that the court stay or otherwise
dispose of litigation, or seek other appropriate relief consistent with this
order, until the completion of the processes described in this order.
(e) In carrying out the actions directed in this section, heads of agencies
shall seek input from the public and stakeholders, including State local,
Tribal, and territorial officials, scientists, labor unions, environmental advo-
cates, and environmental justice organizations.
Sec. 3. Restoring National Monuments. (a) The Secretary of the Interior,
as appropriate and consistent with applicable law, including the Antiquities
Act, 54 U.S.C. 320301 et seq., shall, in consultation with the Attorney
General, the Secretaries of Agriculture and Commerce, the Chair of the
Council on Environmental Quality, and Tribal governments, conduct a review
of the monument boundaries and conditions that were established by Procla-
mation 9681 of December 4, 2017 (Modifying the Bears Ears National Monu-
ment); Proclamation 9682 of December 4, 2017 (Modifying the Grand Stair-
case-Escalante National Monument); and Proclamation 10049 of June 5, 2020
(Modifying the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monu-
ment), to determine whether restoration of the monument boundaries and
conditions that existed as of January 20, 2017, would be appropriate.
(b) Within 60 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of the Interior
shall submit a report to the President summarizing the findings of the
review conducted pursuant to subsection (a), which shall include rec-
ommendations for such Presidential actions or other actions consistent with
law as the Secretary may consider appropriate to carry out the policy set
forth in section 1 of this order.
(c) The Attorney General may, as appropriate and consistent with applica-
ble law, provide notice of this order to any court with jurisdiction over
pending litigation related to the Grand Staircase-Escalante, Bears Ears, and
Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monuments, and may,
in his discretion, request that the court stay the litigation or otherwise
delay further litigation, or seek other appropriate relief consistent with this
order, pending the completion of the actions described in subsection (a)
of this section.
In all that drivel, there was no science. "Environmental justice" was mentioned three times. Then there's this gem:

In carrying out the actions directed in this section, heads of agencies
shall seek input from the public and stakeholders, including State local,
Tribal, and territorial officials, scientists, labor unions, environmental advo-

cates, and environmental justice organizations.

Other that "scientists" there is on science in who agencies should be getting input from. Instead, it's all ill-informed opinion groups and political activists with an agenda.
 
In all that drivel, there was no science. "Environmental justice" was mentioned three times. Then there's this gem:

In carrying out the actions directed in this section, heads of agencies
shall seek input from the public and stakeholders, including State local,
Tribal, and territorial officials, scientists, labor unions, environmental advo-

cates, and environmental justice organizations.

Other that "scientists" there is on science in who agencies should be getting input from. Instead, it's all ill-informed opinion groups and political activists with an agenda.
then the government should take that advice and look at it seriously and if it is any good and may help then use it.
 
In all that drivel, there was no science. "Environmental justice" was mentioned three times. Then there's this gem:

In carrying out the actions directed in this section, heads of agencies
shall seek input from the public and stakeholders, including State local,
Tribal, and territorial officials, scientists, labor unions, environmental advo-

cates, and environmental justice organizations.

Other that "scientists" there is on science in who agencies should be getting input from. Instead, it's all ill-informed opinion groups and political activists with an agenda.
There was a re-fucking up of The American Fuel Supply though, and apparently fuck western states getting water?! Stupid appliance regulations.
Oh, this thing has quite a bit in it.
Day one of Trumpy Bear:
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So? A proverbial drop in the bucket compared to Apple, Visa, Mastercard...

Apple had a profit margin of 25.64%
Visa had a margin of 53.24%
Mastercard 45.45%


It's companies like Apple, Microsoft, and Alphabet (Google) that make obscene profits just like credit card companies do.
That is one of my points.
a lot of companies up their price several percent more then inflation was and padded their profits and blamed it on inflation.
and in doing that IMO gouged the American consumer.
 
That is one of my points.
a lot of companies up their price several percent more then inflation was and padded their profits and blamed it on inflation.
and in doing that IMO gouged the American consumer.
Boy, you have no idea. Maybe if you're respectful one day I'll explain it to you. Otherwise you'll never know better.
Am I really trying to get some internet douche to learn what I did in 7th grade Civics? It's a whole new world now, IDK, man.
 
That is one of my points.
a lot of companies up their price several percent more then inflation was and padded their profits and blamed it on inflation.
and in doing that IMO gouged the American consumer.
A lot of companies upped their prices to keep up with Bidenflation. In the first two years of Biden fucking things up, he managed to accumulate about 15% total inflation. Therefore, prices went up about 15% to offset that inflation. The gouging came when your paycheck didn't go up 15+% too.

Companies weren't "gouging" customers, they were trying to stay in business.
 
Boy, you have no idea. Maybe if you're respectful one day I'll explain it to you. Otherwise you'll never know better.
Am I really trying to get some internet douche to learn what I did in 7th grade Civics? It's a whole new world now, IDK, man.
OH BELIEVE me I know How you feel talking to you is like trying to get an " internet douche " to learn on a third grader level.
 
A lot of companies upped their prices to keep up with Bidenflation. In the first two years of Biden fucking things up, he managed to accumulate about 15% total inflation. Therefore, prices went up about 15% to offset that inflation. The gouging came when your paycheck didn't go up 15+% too.

Companies weren't "gouging" customers, they were trying to stay in business.
If you think so , just wait to see the effects of Trumps 20/ 30 /40 percent OR more tariffs are going to do to the economy.
And as it has been reported several CEOs of large retail companies have said including Walmart's as soon as they know for sure he is going to put them on and how much they will be they are going to raise their prices asap.
 
YOU can't just say I need 7 MBPD and it will just appear.
Actually, it CAN happen. The United States has plenty of oil.
It will take YEARS and YEARS for the US oil industry to be able to produce that much,
No. It will take removing DEMOCRAT overregulation and drilling for oil.
it has taken them almost 4 years to increase their production about 1 1/2 to about 2 MBPD,
No, Tball. You cannot take credit for increasing oil supply as little has it has increased.
how are they going to increase it another 6 to 7 MBPD over night?
No need to increase it overnight. I never said that was necessary.
And Trumps " drill baby drill " won't even put a dent in making up that 7 or so MBPD
It sure will.
we need to meet our demands today and with more and more cars being put on the road everyday it may never happen
Fine. Get DEMOCRAT overregulation out of the oil and energy markets.
SO we do NEED to import oil and may have to for a long long time.
The United States does not need to import any oil. It has plenty of it's own.
SO when you say we do not need to import oil you lied, but you lie all the time anyways.
Bulverism fallacy. Your word games won't work, Tball.
 
I never said it shouldn't did I?
DON'T TRY TO DENY YOUR OWN POSTS!
Well we aren't going to just stop driving
No need. Democrats were voted out of power.
and we don't have a real good rail system for people to use so we are just going to have to keep on importing oil.
No need. The United States has plenty of oil.
and I was responding to brain dead " into the night " ,
Mantra 1a. Lame.
he said we didn't need to import any oil right now,
The United States does not need to import oil. It has plenty of oil.
well we use about 20 MBPD and we only are producing a little over 23 MBPD , so I asked him where is that 7 MBPD or so going to come from out of the air?
The ground. Drill it. RQAA.
 
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