Some lawmakers "hope to derail EPA's ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions; regulations also face court challenges. Critics of the regulations allege they will harm the economy, while defenders call the fears overblown and say the rules are needed to help slow global warming."
Congress has failed, thus far, to pass climate change legislation this year. The "House approved a sweeping plan in mid-2009. But a climate bill is widely considered dead in the Senate this year after Democratic leaders -- facing opposition from Republican and centrist Democrats -- abandoned the measure before the August break." For more information on this issue, click here to read a past US Ag&Food Law and Policy Blog post on the subject.
To read The Hill's Energy and Environment Blog post, click here.
Posted: 08/31/2010
