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2014-10-15 Government

Senator: Emails Reveal EPA, Green Group in 'Beyond Cozy' Relationship

[DAILYSIGNAL] Republican politicians say the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency enjoys a "beyond cozy" relationship with a liberal environmental action group that seeks to reshape national energy policies in a way that would hurt American businesses and families.

Sen. David Vitter, R-La., the top Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, told The Daily Signal that the Natural Resources Defense Council played an "absolutely inappropriate" role in drafting the EPA's new carbon emissions plan.

"The EPA has been one of the least transparent agencies I have ever seen, but it's become apparent that their lack of transparency is to hide the influence that an organization so heavily focused on undermining U.S. businesses and families has at EPA," Vitter said.

Vitter and House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., have directed staff to look into whether the EPA broke federal law in developing the carbon emissions regulations.

Newly released emails between the EPA and the green group, Vitter said, show that the agency didn't push to "consider all stakeholders' opinions equally."

Posted by Fred 2014-10-15 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11129 views ] Top

#1 No 'transparency' required with the EPA. We know EXACTLY what they are about. It's the dismantling of American exceptionalism, American mining, commerce, and industry, same goal as the Champ.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-10-15 03:31|| 2014-10-15 03:31|| Front Page Top

#2 I'm sure Harry Reid will have another tantrum on the Senate floor about the influence of the Koch brothers on elections and the political discourse.

Posted by Procopius2k 2014-10-15 07:43|| 2014-10-15 07:43|| Front Page Top

#3 Harry Reid is just pissed the Kochs won't give him any money. He hasn't figured out a way to extort it from them. After all, Koch Industries ranks 58th in amount of money given to political causes.
six of the top ten donors to political causes are left-wing unions.

Those unions are AFSCME, the NEA, IBEW, UAW, the Carpenters & Joiners, and the SEIU.

And who is the biggest political donor? The extremist, left-wing group ActBlue. In fact, ActBlue tops the list after being around for only ten years, a full 15 years fewer than the Koch brothers have been involved in and donating to politics. Yet ActBlue has topped the Kochs by tens of millions in that short period of time!
The other three donors in the top ten are communications giant AT&T, the National Association of Realtors, and Goldman Sachs.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2014-10-15 07:51|| 2014-10-15 07:51|| Front Page Top

#4 It's OK for the soddies to pump oil and it's OK for the Chinese to burn coal but it's not OK for us.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2014-10-15 14:18|| 2014-10-15 14:18|| Front Page Top

#5 If the November elections do take place, I suspect we'll learn that a lot of Kentucky and West Virginia coal miners have changed their politics.

Posted by Besoeker 2014-10-15 14:29|| 2014-10-15 14:29|| Front Page Top

#6 In their debate yesterday Grimes kept going back to McConnel with, "The coal miners lost their jobs on your watch". Never mind she has supported each and every policy by Obama. Whatta tool.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2014-10-15 14:46|| 2014-10-15 14:46|| Front Page Top

#7 Yeah, the Donks lie just as water is wet.

No surprise about the EPA and the greenies being cozy.

Posted by JohnQC 2014-10-15 16:03|| 2014-10-15 16:03|| Front Page Top

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