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2010-05-21 Economy
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Pelosi: Congress Must Fix Climate, not EPA
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Through various regulatory actions, the Obama administration has kept pressure on Congress to tackle climate change this year. But Pelosi and other legislators have argued that the legislative branch has to address the issue.
Her comments come a week after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency took a big step toward regulating industrial greenhouse gas emissions. The agency issued rules that describe how it will apply the Clean Air Act to big facilities like power plants and oil refineries starting next year.
 Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), the co-author of Senate climate legislation, hopes the new rules bolster political support for his bill. Kerry and other climate advocates say Congress can give various industries far more flexibility and assistance than EPA is currently authorized to provide.
Oh, boy! Just what they want!
Today we went from wake-up call' to last call' on the urgency of Senate action on comprehensive energy and climate legislation. The Obama Administration has again reminded Washington that if Congress won't legislate, the EPA will regulate,' he said when EPA issued its rule May 13.
But the looming EPA controls have also prompted many Republicans and some centrist Democrats to push bills that would suspend or reverse EPA's power to regulate greenhouse gas emissions under its current powers. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) intends to force a Senate vote in the coming weeks on a plan that would block all EPA climate rules. Her resolution under the Congressional Review Act could not be filibustered, but would face a near-certain veto even if it cleared Congress.
Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) has circulated a less sweeping plan that would block EPA regulation of stationary industrial sources like power plants and factories for two years.
To get them through to the next election, I suppose. 
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Posted by Bobby 2010-05-21 17:28||
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