Issa, Vitter to Probe NRDC Role in Rule On Power Plants, Pebble Mine Permit

摘要

House and Senate Republicans have launched a joint investigation into the influence the Natural Resources Defense Council had in the Environmental Protection Agency's rulemaking process for regulating carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. "It appears that the NRDC's unprecedented access to high-level EPA officials allowed it to influence EPA policy decisions and achieve its own private agenda," lawmakers said in a Sept. 2 letter sent to EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy and the NRDC. The letter was signed by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif), chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, which has subpoena power, as well as other Republican leaders, such as Sen. David Vitter (R-La.), the ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.