Blocking the EPA
The Environmental Protection Agency is writing new rules limiting greenhouse gas emissions from cars and industrial plants, but some members of Congress want to stop the agency from addressing climate change. Living on Earth’s Mitra Taj reports on an upcoming Senate vote to revoke the EPA’s authority to regulate carbon dioxide as a pollutant.
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