Who really needs clean air, clean water and an environment that doesn't make anyone sick? Oh right, everyone needs that. Well, everyone except the GOP and a few dimwitted Democrats. CNNMoney:
"Never in four decades has there ever been this brazen assault on the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to protect our health," said Krupp. "In the House they've already passed an amendment that would mean the EPA couldn't enforce its effort to clean mercury from the air."
The EPA has been ordered by the courts to regulate greenhouse gases after the agency ruled that they are a danger to public health.
Some lawmakers, from both sides of the aisle, are scrambling to strip the EPA of this power, and even roll back some of its other regulatory responsibilities. They are concerned that regulating greenhouse gases will be too costly.
