House Introduces Resolution Urging EPA to Reconsider Endangerment Finding
In a bit of political posturing, Representative Rodney Alexander (LA-5) introduced a resolution in the House yesterday urging EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson to reevaluate the endangerment and cause or contribute findings regarding greenhouse gases signed December 7, 2009. The resolution states that:
Whereas the impacts of climate change and proposed resolutions, tainted by the recent uncovering of climategate, are not universally accepted: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives–
(1) finds the endangerment and cause or contribute findings for greenhouse gases signed by the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, under the pretense of the Supreme Court decision in Massachusetts v. EPA (549 U.S. 497 (2007)), unacceptable;
(2) disapproves of the actions of the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency in casting aside the legislative process and signing such controversial and potentially unfounded endangerment and cause or contribute findings; and
(3) urges the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to reevaluate the endangerment and cause or contribute findings signed on December 7, 2009.
The resolution was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce.
