Republicans Mount Challenge to EPA Emissions Regs

Environmental Leader - Republican lawmakers aim to block the Environmental Protection Agency’s endangerment finding that would regulate carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), the top GOP member of the Senate’s Energy and Natural Resources Committee, is leading the charge by attempting to rally support behind a joint resolution of disapproval, Reuters reports. If successful, the resolution would repeal the EPA’s endangerment finding. Murkowski said that Congress, not the EPA, has the right to determine whether greenhouse gases should be regulated.