Public Supports Energy Over Environment
April 7, 2010 by Vincent · Leave a Comment
Timothy Gardner, Reuters — For the first time in 10 years Americans are more likely to say the United States should give more priority to developing oil, natural gas and coal than to protecting the environment, according to a poll on Tuesday. The poll was conducted a few weeks before President Barack Obama announced he [...]
Lawmakers From Coal States Seek to Delay Emission Limits
March 5, 2010 by Cynthia · Leave a Comment
Mar 5, 2010 New York Times
WASHINGTON — Coal-country lawmakers moved Thursday to impose a two-year moratorium on potential federal regulation of carbon dioxide and other climate-altering gases.
Senator John D. Rockefeller IV, Democrat of West Virginia, said the Environmental Protection Agency should refrain from issuing any new rules on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants and [...]