Backed by a group of conservative state legislators, a small but growing number of states are urging Congress to adopt a broad moratorium blocking most new EPA air and climate regulations, an approach that goes beyond the piecemeal approach House Republicans are adopting to target select agency measures.Supporters say the call for a moratorium on all EPA rules marks the first step in a growing effort by conservatives to overhaul EPA and the federal environmental statutes it implements. "Calling on Congress to slow and stop EPA's train wreck [of regulations] is a critical first step for efforts to rethink and potentially replace existing federal environmental institutions and statutes," according to a new report providing strategies to state legislators seeking to block EPA rules.
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