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Show Summary: The West Virginia vs EPA ruling will have long-lasting impacts and could undo much of the fourth branch of government—the administrative state. We talk with meteorologist and actual scientist, Chuck Wiese on where all the global warming has gone this year and the momentous EPA ruling and its impact on the green energy movement. Which has failed so badly in other countries that places like the U.K. have reversed course. Or at least swerved a little. What could this all mean for the future of the Global Warmists and green energy pushers?

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Original Air Dates: July 9th & 10th, 2022 | Guest: Chuck Wiese

This Week – The EPA Ruling

Lost in the shrieking and wailing over the loss of Roe v Wade, the Supreme Court’s EPA ruling will have a long-lasting impact on the administrative branch’s power grab.

For decades, there has been a fourth branch of government, which has become the real rulers of America. Congress has done nothing to rein it in, other than to complain about it. The EPA ruling makes it clear: agencies cannot grab power that Congress did not give it.

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The dirty truth about the Fourth Branch is that Congress is okay with it. Why? Because if some agency makes the rules, then Congress (and individual congressmen and senators) can’t be blamed. Because they didn’t do it. Gosh. It was those sneaky bureaucrats.

Let’s face it. The average member of Congress and the Senate are far, far more concerned about getting reelected. And the Fourth Branch, the administrative state, doing the dirty work gives them political cover. Legislators can go in, ask a few talking-point questions they hope will make the news, and then go off for drinks and parties.

Well, the EPA ruling puts the wheels of reform in motion. If Congress chooses to retake its power.

Want to learn more about the origins of the administrative state and how we got here? Check out this previous show with Jonathan Emord: Restore the Constitution: Eliminate the Administrative State.

We know. Depending on Congress to do the right thing seems pretty hopeless. But there is good news.

Why the EPA Ruling Matters

The good news is the EPA ruling means we don’t need Congress. Because they’re lazy and they can get to their parties a whole lot faster if they don’t have to do anything. Or read bills. Just let the bureaucrats handle the important stuff.

Well, with the EPA ruling, it means we don’t need Congress to rein in the administrative state. Remember, to get this ruling, congress didn’t do anything. It wasn’t congress challenging the administrative state, it was West Virginia. They’d sued over coal power plants the EPA wanted to kill using power it had seized under the Clean Air Act. Congress had nothing to do with this win.

So the good news is, we the people don’t need Congress. If the administrative state steps out of line and tries to grab power, individuals can stop them in their tracks.

Chuck Wiese on the EPA Ruling

This week, meteorologist and actual scientist, Chuck Wiese, is back on the show to dissect the ruling and talk about the long-term impacts this is likely to have. Not just on the EPA but the power grab by all these other agencies. Like the CDC, FDA, and more.

We also talk about Global Warming, which is more religion than science and which has become the gateway drug for Leftist indoctrination in our schools.

And speaking of “global warming” — where is it? We’ve had a cold and wet spring and summer. Aren’t we supposed to be under water by now with all that global warming? What happened. Tune in to hear what’s happening.

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Research, Links Mentioned & Additional Info

• Supreme Court Targets the Real Enemy (The Epoch Times, July 1, 2022)* In reality, elected officials have very little influence over the conduct of public life relative to the administrative state. As Trump found it, not even the president is a match for the deep state.
• Supreme Court Rules Against EPA – Dealing Major Blow To Dems Agenda (Pro Trump News, June 30, 2022)*Here is the opinion from John Roberts in West Virginia v. EPA. The three liberal justices dissent.
• Excellent article on where things are headed: “The Mighty Gorsuch vs. the Administrative State: Quotes from West Virginia vs. EPA” (Brownstone, July 1, 2022)
• PBS: What the Supreme Court’s EPA ruling means for the climate change fight (PBS, June 30, 2022)
• Supreme Court’s EPA ruling is a win for the country (Washington Times, July 5, 2022)
• Manufacturing Plants aren’t Just Mysteriously Getting Burned Down in the United States, it’s Happening Around the World… (Gateway Pundit, July 4, 2022)*Gateway Pundit has compiled a list documenting the number of major fires that have erupted at food industry facilities to date in 2022. A list of America’s 98 plants that have been destroyed, damaged or impacted by “accidental fires,” disease, or general causes.

Not Directly Mentioned but Informative

• Great video: The Carbon Offset Problem (Wendover Productions, June 3, 2022)
• Summary of the Clean Air Act (via the EPA)
• The Pendleton Act of 1883 (via University of Houston, N.D.)*This is the origins of what we now see as “civil service.” In short, the Pendleton Act attempted to free public servants from politics. Up until then, many civil servant positions were political payoffs—cushy, well-paid jobs for friends, family, and donors. The “spoils system.”
• Is it ethical to purchase a lithium battery powered EV? (CFact.org, June 7, 2022)
  • Some food for thought about the lack of transparency about “Clean Energy Exploitations”
  • All told, you dig up 500,000 pounds of the earth’s crust for just one battery.
  • To say an EV is a zero-emission vehicle is not at all valid as 80 percent of the electricity generated to charge the batteries is from coal, natural gas, and nuclear.
• Top 10 Global Warming Lies That May Shock You (Forbes, Feb 9, 2015)
• Excellent article on how Trump nearly ended the administrative state. And perhaps this is why they worked so feverishly to get rid of him. “The Astonishing Implications of Schedule F” (Brownstone Institute, June 27, 2022)
• Expert: Green Agenda Causing US Power Grid to Be ‘Incredibly Vulnerable (The Epoch Times, July 4, 2022)
• Oregon Education Association joins Oregon climate change fight (Biz Journal, June 20, 2022)