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February 23, 2010

EPA Delays New Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulations
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The Environmental Protection Agency is delaying plans to force power
plants, oil refineries and other industrial polluters to reduce their
greenhouse gas emissions until at least 2011. The EPA also said it won’t
target small emitters of greenhouse gas emissions until 2016. In
December, the EPA announced it will draft regulations to curb greenhouse
gas emissions under the Clean Air Act. Since then, the agency has faced
harsh criticism from lawmakers from states that rely on coal mining and
electricity generated from fossil fuels. On Monday, Democratic Senator
John Rockefeller of West Virginia pressed for legislation to strip the
EPA of its authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. Democratic
Senators Max Baucus of Montana and Carl Levin of Michigan have also
opposed the EPA’s plan to regulate emissions. EPA administrator Lisa
Jackson will be testifying before the Senate Committee on Environment
and Public Works today.



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