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 | Greenhouse Gases: Cuccinelli Challenges EPA Greenhouse Gas Regulations |
 Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli filed a petition with the U.S. EPA asking the agency to reconsider its finding that greenhouse gases pose a danger to public health by contributing to climate change. The EPA’s finding is a “legal trigger” that would allow the EPA to regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act. Cuccinelli’s office said that the EPA needs to review its findings due to newly available information. In a press conference, Cuccinelli said that the EPA should consider recently publicized emails from a British climate-research office that show that they used faulty data to support the notion of manmade climate change. Cuccinelli also filed a separate petition asking a federal court to review the EPA’s finding. Texas also filed a similar petition challenging the EPA’s finding, claiming that the finding is “legally unsupported” because it relies on scientific findings from the IPCC (which may have used the faulty data from the British climate-research office to reach their conclusions). Cuccinelli said that the decision that global warming poses a threat to people relies on faulty data and will hurt jobs.
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Posted by elizabeth on Tuesday, March 02 @ 13:50:57 EST (62 reads)
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| Greenhouse Gases: California Legislator Wants to Halt Global Warming Act |
 Assemblyman Dan Louge from California has recently introduced a new piece of legislation that, if passed, would nullify California’s Global Warming Act of 2006. His reason behind his proposed bill comes from the state’s devastated economy. “The state’s economy has been ravaged by excessive regulation; AB 32 is essentially the final nail in the coffin. In the last year alone California lost 95,000 private-sector jobs, and our manufacturing base has been devastated,” Louge said. He also notes that the current restrictions that have been put in place by the Global Warming Act have not only harmed the economy, but have not had any noted positive effect on global warming in the state. He continues by mentioning China’s intention of building 600 new coal-powered plants and says that any positive effect that does come from California’s Global Warming Act will be negated due to the emissions from the new plants. However not every one agrees that the Act should be suspended. “The Air Resources Board analysis shows that by reducing our dependency on foreign oil and reducing pollution, there will be enormous cost savings, at the expense of petroleum-based fuel, and there will also be enormous savings from the reduction of adverse health impacts,” said Joseph K. Lyou, executive director of the California Environmental Rights Alliance.
Heartland Institute: Article
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Posted by Becca on Wednesday, April 01 @ 10:25:58 EDT (319 reads)
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| Greenhouse Gases: EPA May Regulate Carbon Dioxide |
 For the first time, the EPA is expected to move toward regulating carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases that are blamed for global warming, according to administration officials. Regulations would have a large impact on transportation, manufacturing costs, and utilities. They could also speed up energy and climate legislation in Congress.
New York Times: Article
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Posted by elizabeth on Monday, February 23 @ 08:46:19 EST (304 reads)
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