As The World Burns
Cat.: Beltway Outsider, Environmental Protection Agency05. March 2010
Comment
The Washington Post's Juliet Eilperin and David Farenthold report on what could be the beginning of the end for serious action this year on global warming:
On Thursday, Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.) introduced a bill that would put a two-year freeze on the EPA's ability to regulate greenhouse gases from power plants. His was the latest of various congressional proposals -- from both chambers and both parties -- designed to delay or overturn the EPA's regulations.
As I reported on last month, a "cap-and-trade" energy bill is on its deathbed and EPA regulation is the only game in town. To get a bit into the weeds of Rockefeller's proposal, the bill would block EPA from regulating stationary sources like coal-fired power plants that cause the vast majority of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. The proposal, though, would allow EPA to regulate tailpipe emissions from automobiles.
This is an important distinction.





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