It was nearly a year ago that the U.S. House of Representatives passed the “American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009.” Thanks to an overwhelming response from you and other consumers across the country, Congress has failed to enact federal climate change legislation.
However, the Administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is aggressively pursuing rules and regulations to mandate carbon reductions. Identical to the House-passed climate change bill, these rules and regulations would have an adverse impact on all U.S. manufacturers, eventually leading to job losses in an already struggling economy.
People are concerned about climate change and measuring carbon dioxide levels, but trying to address a global issue through the thirty-year-old Clean Air Act that was designed to address local air pollution is not the way to tackle global CO₂ emissions.
The hidden tax on commodities imposed by federal climate change legislation and EPA’s proposal will lead to a significant increase in the price of gasoline and other energy sources, and more than a million job losses in our already crippled economy – with no measurable improvement in global climate change.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) has introduced a bill to block EPA’s effort to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. Please be a Voice for Energy by sending a letter to your legislator today urging them to vote for Sen. Murkowski’s legislation.