Three House Democrats move to block EPA from regulating carbon emissions

  The EPA recently ruled that greenhouse gases caused by humans were such a danger to the public health that they had the right to regulate these emissions without congress enacting any new laws.

  With Barack Obama’s cap and trade legislation in peril, it seems as though the EPA is poised to move forward with Obama’s vision without there being anything that we can do about it. It looks as if we are going to get cap and trade regulations passed one way or the other. Either Barack Obama will push a cap and trade  bill through congress, or the EPA will enact what amounts to a cap and trade bill through regulations.

  Or will they?

 Three House Democrats are not happy about the EPA’s recent finding and are introducing legislation that would stop the EPA from regulating carbon emissions without the approval of congress.

    This sounds good and it is certainly a step in the right direction, but we must remember that these three Democrats are not against cap and trade legislation, they just don’t want the EPA to enact it– they want to do that themselves. The good news is that if this legislation passes it will put the responsibility of cap and trade legislation back where it belongs, with our elected officials instead of with the unelected EPA. This will give us the chance to vote out of office all of those who are all too willing to go along with the climate change hoax.

  The issue these three Democrats have with the EPA’s ruling is that they believe the EPA has overstepped the authority that it was granted in the Clean Air Act– the Clean Air Act was not designed to combat global warming. They are now looking to stop the EPA from using the power that it has granted itself.

  And it turns out that these three House Democrats are not alone; 35 Senate Republicans have also co-sponsored a bill that offered a “disapproval resolution” on the way the EPA is handling this issue. Three Democrats– and their names may surprise you– have signed onto this bill as well. Blanche Lincoln, Ben Nelson, and Mary Landrieu are the three Democrats. These three Democrats are considered vulnerable in the upcoming elections and suddenly they are ready to side with the Republicans on the issue of cap and trade. While in all likelihood nothing is going to come of this legislation, there is a chance that during an election year this could gain some traction.

  I just wonder, if this is happening because of the Climategate scandal. Does Climategate have some of these politicians rethinking their position on global warming, at least privately? Or are they just upset at the EPA for taking away some of their power? Either way, I hope that this legislation moves forward, so we can hold elected officials responsible if they ever do pass Barack Obama’s cap and trade bill. If the EPA does it, we will never be able to hold them accountable.