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December 29, 2010

GOP Lawmaker Threatens to Derail EPA Plan to Regulate Greenhouse Gas Emissions 
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The incoming chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee is
threatening to derail the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's plan to
regulate greenhouse gas emissions. Republican Congressman Fred Upton of
Michigan is describing the EPA's plan as an "unconstitutional power grab
that will kill millions of jobs." Upton made the threat in an op-ed
piece in the Wall Street Journal co-written by Tim Phillips. Phillips is
a global warming denier and president of Americans for Prosperity, an
organization founded by billionaire David Koch.



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