Senate Defeats Murkowski Resolution; Senators Say Congress Should Lead on Climate and Energy Policy
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(Washington, DC – June 10, 2010) Today’s defeat of a Senate resolution to strip the Environmental Protection Agency of its authority to regulate carbon pollution came with new calls from Senators to move ahead with comprehensive climate and clean energy legislation.
“Step one was defeating this attack on the Clean Air Act. But, as we heard many senators on both sides of this vote say today, Congress now needs to act. It is up to Congress to deal with our oil addiction and cut carbon pollution,” said Steve Cochran, director of Environmental Defense Fund’s national climate campaign.
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