Climate Change: 10 Things to Know about the EPA - And Why the Supreme Court May Limit its Authority

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West Virginia AG Morrisey - WTOV photo

Withy great pride, it is my pleasure to see the State of West Virginia push back against a one-size-fits-all national government and economy that has not been at all kind to the state and its people.  Having pressed for a higher penalty for opioid drug manufacturers, it now sets its sights for the Environmental Protection Agency and its regulations which have wrongly restricted some of the state's most valuable resources.  For me, it is also a chance to validate six month's research into what we call climate change and its effects on personal and public health.   Based on political payback more than science, the EPA has not been one of the US's finest initiatives. 

How I Came to Question the EPA

A year ago I was very literally in the middle of writing a book that I had no idea where it would take me.  It had started when memories of my high school chemistry and beginning Nutrition classes classed with a drug commercial for psoriatic arthritis. Logically, there was no reason that I could see that a skin condition and knee pain would be connected. EXCEPT - they were when you realize that a sulfur deficiency effects both the skin and the production of cartilage. Not surprising was that Sulfur was an important ingredient in the new and expensive drug. 

The problem was that as far as the dietary and medical communities were concerned, sulfur was a non-essential nutrient that was readily available in food--End of story.  EXCEPT that wasn't the end of the story.  To jump ahead to the important part, my research took an unexpected turn when the EPA's creation and actions coincided with the rise in sulfur deficient diseases such as diabetes, heart disease and respiratory illness.  To learn all that was compromised by the EPAs actions please refer to the resulting book which is available through Barnes and Noble and some digital platforms. 

Air Pollution's the Answer!: How Clean Air Policy Compromised the Planet and Public Health

1.  The EPA was created at the request of President Richard M. Nixon (Rep) following a series of environmental disasters that harmed his home state of California and fouled beaches near his private home. The purpose was not to protect the environment but to hold companies accountable for the cost of clean up from such disasters. 
2. The total authority of the EPA is under the President's discretion. Regardless of their education level or scientific justification, all President's since Nixon have use the EPA to regulate the actions of industries and steer their operations into directions aligned with personal or political agendas. 
3. The EPA initially restricted six gases and fine particles of solid matter.  With the exception of Lead Oxide linked to lead additives in gasoline, there has been no definitive study done to prove the other five gases harm the environment in any way. 
4. The EPA supports research that supports its policies through grant funding. Several other federal agencies have also been known to do studies which support the direction of the agency.  Pre-1970 science tends to run against its conclusions.
   
5. Of the five elements restricted by the EPA (Carbon, Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Oxygen and Sulfur), all are found in every life form in significant amounts. If life does not exist without these elements, how can they be dangerous to the planet or life.
   
6. The EPA restricts the production of Ozone, a form of Oxygen, and its release into the atmosphere. it does however, allow oxygen to be extracted from the atmosphere and sold as a commodity for medical and other purposes.  The "hole" in the Ozone layer coincides with the technology that allowed gases to be bottled beginning in the mid-1960s. 
7. Nitrogen, which is not only a component in Opioid medicines but countless other medicines for mental health conditions, is too light a gaseous to stay near ground level. Only compounds such as nitrogen oxides (restricted by the EPA) are heavy enough to be absorbed by planets and animals. 
   
8. Sulfur is an immobile element. Unless it is in a gaseous form, neither plant nor animals can use it. Sulfur is a main ingredient in insulin production. Since the EPA restricted Sulfur the incidence of sulfur deficiency related diseases has increased dramatically. 
9. According to its own website and documentation, the  EPA met its recommended goal of reducing air pollution over 40 years ago. It has continued to cut emissions even thought its recommended levels are much higher than those used today.  
10. Finally, as all Star Trek fans know, life on planet Earth is based on Carbon. By restricting carbon based gases, the EPA would be restricting some form of life.  It is far more likely that changes in how ambient temperatures are gathered explains the 2 degree F difference that has so many computer geeks concerned.  Computer modeling is not actual science and needs to be put aside in order to answer the question of "Is climate change real or not?"
    

While the EPA is supposed to be regulate industrial contamination, it has also been used to force private citizens to adopt expensive and scientifically questionable measures such as the catalytic converter, whole house heat pumps, more efficient engines and electric vehicles. The cost to consumers has been higher insurance rates, repair costs and fuel which is now 15 times what it was in 1970. 

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) will need to put aside the questionable science and focus solely on the EPA's history of rewarding some industries while penalizing others.  With any luck, this ruling will finally bring an end to the economically based false narratives of climate change theory.