FERC Attorney Says Russia War Means New Global Warming Regs Must Go

William S. Scherman worked as general counsel (the head lawyer) for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) from 1990-1993, during the presidency of George H.W. Bush (the elder Bush). Scherman worked in FERC when Iraq invaded Kuwait. President Bush wanted options from FERC, asap, about what the agency could do to help alleviate an energy crisis being caused by madman Saddam Hussein. Sound familiar with what's happening today? Back then FERC went on a "wartime footing" and relaxed rules that restricted the output of traditional and alternative electric generators and granted special permission for natural gas to be produced and transported flexibly and freely nationwide. Scherman says it's time for FERC to go on wartime footing again.

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