http://stopthebigoilbailout.com/ On June 10, the U.S. Senate will vote on Sen. Lisa Murkowski's Big Oil Bailout resolution that would prevent the EPA from holding polluters accountable, and fill Big Oil’s pockets with an additional $140 billion.
http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/08/white-house-threatens-to-veto-move-to-thwart-e-p-a/">White House Threatens Veto of Move to Thwart E.P.A. - NYT
The White House made clear on Tuesday what had been assumed for months – that it does not like a resolution sponsored by Senator Lisa Murkowski, Republican of Alaska, that would thwart the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to regulate greenhouse gases.
The White House says that if the resolution, scheduled for debate and a vote on Thursday, reaches President Obama’s desk, his advisers will recommend that he veto it. That’s what is known as a veto threat and in this case it is not a bluff.
The White House position, in a one-page document known as a Statement of Administration Policy, makes several arguments against the Murkowski resolution. It says that the measure would undermine the Clean Air Act and prevent the E.P.A. from complying with a 2007 Supreme Court decision requiring it to decide whether carbon dioxide and other climate-altering gases are a threat to human health and the environment.
The resolution would block implementation of a deal worked out between the government and auto manufacturers to increase auto efficiency and reduce vehicle emissions, the statement says. It would also strip the E.P.A. of its power to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, oil refineries and other large facilities and put the United States at a competitive disadvantage to countries which are adopting new clean energy technologies.(more)
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