It’s interesting how Trump just makes all these fiat changes when the Constitution says Congress makes the laws in the US.
His allies control both Congress and the Courts, and they want him to do these things
If the Democrats had any balls, they would fine these companies after winning the midterms (if they win). Show them that Congress is the one that makes the law, and that the so called agreement that they made with the president isn’t valid, and they are in non-compliance of the actual law.
The ability to issue fines is an executive function. It’ll take winning the presidency to actually do that.
Richard Shaffer, asset manager at Scrubgrass Reclamation Company, emailed asking for an exemption covering a western Pennsylvania power plant that burns coal waste. A significant portion of the electricity it generates is used to mine bitcoin. Keeping the cost of environmental compliance low was important “for the security of the United States,” Shaffer wrote.
A response came 11 days later in a presidential proclamation. Approved.
I can’t even begin to imagine what horrors “burning coal waste” entails.
And the energy created is used to mine bitcoin?!? There is nothing about this that is useful for anything. God I fucking hate this world sometimes.
None of that sounds like a national security issue.
