On April 17, EPA formally declared carbon dioxide and five other heat-trapping gases to be pollutants that endanger public health and welfare, setting in motion a process that will lead to the regulation of the gases for the first time in the United States. This is a huge step forward in the fight to curb global warming, even though to date the Senate has refused to act on this particular issue, because of republican opposition like that of John Mica, of course.
However, the EPA cannot start regulating carbon until they've accepted public comments and can show there's broad support for this policy. Should be a no-brainer, right? Not for Big Oil and Big Coal:
The oil and coal industries are paying lobbyists to wait in line at hearings, and are waging a massive campaign to weaken any new regulations from the EPA on this issue. They've spent tens of millions of dollars lobbying in Washington, and they'll stop at nothing to keep the EPA from implementing the strong efforts to regulate carbon and other noxious gases, totally against the interests of Florida families, yet supported by John Mica. Go figure?
Email EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson urging her to take swift action to regulate carbon and other heat-trapping gases. Click on the title link!
Send a Donation to Faye for Congress 2010 to have your voice heard in Washington on Saving Florida's Coast!
Not A Moment Too Soon. . .
BLOG ON
No comments:
Post a Comment