Mar 4, 2011

NY Times: New Anti-EPA Bill Aims to ‘Rein in’ Agency’s Climate Rules Permanently

By Ben Lowe

House Republicans kept up their steady drumbeat against U.S. EPA’s greenhouse gas regulations on stationary sources yesterday with legislation that would permanently block the agency from implementing such measures.

A bill crafted by House Energy and Commerce Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) and Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) was introduced in the House yesterday after it had been floated in draft form last month. The final bill, in addition to having the support of Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-Ky.), also netted the support of four Democrats as co-sponsors: Sen. Joe Manchin (W.Va.) and Reps. Nick Rahall (W.Va.), Collin Peterson (Minn.) and Dan Boren (Okla.).

“The EPA has gone unchecked for far too long,” said Boren in a statement. “Administrator [Lisa] Jackson has tried to legislate rather than take direction from Congress that is elected by the people.”

For his part, Rahall said that he is “dead-set” against EPA moving ahead with greenhouse gas regulations. “The Congress — the place where the People’s will reigns — is the appropriate body to design a program with such sweeping ramifications,” Rahall said in a statement. Peterson, too, said that he believes EPA “needs to be reined in.”

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