Senator Murkowski and Colleagues Will Try to Stop EPA from Regulating Climate under Clean Air Act

摘要

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, will try to block the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from regulating under the Clean Air Act to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Murkowski has filed a "resolution of disapproval" under the Congressional Review Act to preempt EPA from acting on its Final Endangerment Finding that could result in regulation as soon as 3/31/10. The Alaska Senator wants to address climate change but believes Congress needs more time to draft legislation that will not harm the U.S. economy. "I don't think that we develop our best policy when we've got a gun to our head," she told reporters at an Energy Daily briefing on 12/17/09 in Washington, D.C.