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Letters to the Editor • Stop Backroom Dealings on Clean Air Editor, The Review: We’ve already seen a big bailout for big banks and financial institutions that we thought could be trusted to manage our investments effectively. Now Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski wants another one. This one is for big polluters including coal electric plants and oil refineries. They have spent hundreds of millions of dollars to prevent Congress from passing effective clean energy legislation, and now they are trying to gut the Clean Air Act. Under the Clean Air Act the EPA has the authority to regulate pollutants, including CO2. But in the 90s, the administration ordered the EPA to refrain from regulating CO2 and other pollutants. It took a US Supreme Court ruling to put the EPA back on the right track. However, such action by the EPA would threaten the profits of big oil and coal. Senator Murkowski is working on an amendment to the Debt Ceiling Bill in the Senate that would stop the EPA from acting on issues such as CO2 regulation. (This bill must be passed every year in order to continue government operations.) Passage of this amendment would be a slap in the face to the progress already made towards a clean energy future. This is one of worst examples of partisan politics and obstructionism. The result would be an even longer delay in the transition to a less expensive, cleaner U.S. energy policy. However, it appears that some of our legislators are more concerned with profits for big business than the health and future welfare of their constituents. Contact senators Stabenow and Levin today to urge them to fight against this type of backhanded attack. Congress must come together around a bipartisan effort to develop affordable clean energy and climate legislation that will cut pollution, create jobs and improve our national security.
Scott Miller Bay City |
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