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Republicans offer bill to block EPA climate rules

hypocritexposer

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Nearly 50 House Republicans offer bill to block EPA climate rules
By Ben Geman - 01/06/11 12:25 PM ET

Dozens of Republicans used the opening day of the new Congress on Wednesday to introduce legislation that would bar the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse-gas emissions.

Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), a member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, sponsored the bill. The measure’s 46 co-sponsors are all Republicans except for Rep. Dan Boren (D-Okla.).

Co-sponsors include Oversight and Government Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.). Absent from the list at the moment: Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.), who is weighing his approach to stifling greenhouse-gas rules he alleges will burden the economy.

The bill would amend the Clean Air Act to declare that greenhouse gases are not subject to the law, according to a brief description in the Congressional Record.

While GOP leadership’s specific legislative approach to attacking EPA remains to be seen, the quick introduction signals that blocking climate rules is plainly on the agenda for the new GOP majority.





Source:
http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/677-e2-wire/136399-nearly-50-house-republicans-offer-bill-to-block-epa-climate-rules
 

Steve

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In order, the most abundant greenhouse gases in Earth's atmosphere are:

* water vapor
* carbon dioxide
* methane
* nitrous oxide
* ozone
* chlorofluorocarbons

didn't we ban a bunch of stuff to "protect" Ozone?
 
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