The House of Representatives in Session
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The House of Representatives passed a bill Wednesday that would delay and weaken the federal government’s proposed regulations on power plant emissions. (emphasis added)
The bill, called the Ratepayer Protection Act and sponsored by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), would allow governors to refuse to comply with the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan, which aims to curb greenhouse gas emissions from existing power plants. Governors who claim that the regulations would have a “significant adverse effect” on electric bills or grid reliability in their states could opt out of making plans to cut power plant emissions.
“This is a worldwide problem and there’s no reason for the president of the United States to unilaterally punish America for what we’ve already accomplished,” Whitfield said of the carbon rule. “It’s such a power grab, unprecedented, that we are going to take it up on the floor today to delay this radical regulation.”
The bill, which passed 247-180, would also delay the […]
Guys… If the Fed would mandate that all of its suppliers of goods and services be required to use an annually increasing percentage of renewable energy to sell to it, solar and wind power systems would soon be cheap enough for all corporations and individuals to jump on them…. duh.