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any argue the global
warming is advancing so quickly that the world community needs to mobilize
itself as if it is with just months away from being slammed into by a massive rogue
meteorite.
That urgency is apparently not seen or understood by U.S. House
Republicans who advanced a bill on Wednesday that would let states decide
whether they want to follow upcoming Obama administration rules aimed at
cutting climate pollution from power plants.
“In a 247-180 vote, the House cleared a bill from Republican
Rep. Ed Whitfield of Kentucky that would let governors opt out of the rules
from the Environmental Protection Agency, which require states to limit carbon
emissions from existing power plants. The bill would also delay implementation
of the rule—set to be finalized this summer—until all legal challenges are
settled, a process that could stretch on for years.
“It's one of several attacks from Republicans on the
power-plant rules, the centre piece of President Obama's climate agenda.
Industry groups and Republicans have said that the rule is a regulatory overstep
that will cost jobs and raise electricity prices while delivering minimal
environmental benefits.”
Read the National
Journal story - “House Passes Bill to Let States Ignore Obama’s Climate-Change Rule”.
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