Drill and Pollute
In thrall to
dirty-energy interests, House Republicans have held more than 300 votes to
hamstring the EPA, roll back environmental protections and open up sensitive
public land to drilling -- offering polluters a virtual license to kill. "This is, without doubt, the most
anti-environmental Congress in history," said Rep. Henry Waxman, the
ranking Democrat on the House Energy Committee.
Under the
Republicans, the House has voted to:
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ban the EPA from placing limits on
climate-warming pollution,
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reverse new fuel standards that were projected
to slash dependence on foreign oil and thereby save Americans $1.7 trillion at
the pump,
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end standards signed into law by President Bush
that would phase out wasteful, high-wattage incandescent light bulbs.
Even more
reckless, the House voted to block
limits on deadly mercury emissions -- a move that federal scientists calculate
would result in 20,000 premature deaths -- and drop safeguards on cement manufacturing
that would kill another 12,500 Americans and lead to thousands of avoidable
heart attacks.
Perhaps
worst of all, in February the House
passed a bill to block all new major
regulations until the nation's unemployment rate falls to six% -- a measure that
would choke off not only new environmental safeguards, but also the new limits
on Wall Street recklessness required under Dodd-Frank.
Enrich Billionaires at the Expense of Everyone
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