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Winterblues Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-23-10 05:38 PM
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Eight Democratic Senators sent a letter to EPA requesting greenhouse gases not be regulated
Edited on Tue Feb-23-10 05:39 PM by Winterblues
by anyone other than Congress. These Senators are not who you might suspect. Byrd, Rockefeller, Begich, Sherod Brown, just to name a few. None were what we would call Blue Dog Democrats. They do not want EPA to regulate greenhouse gases.. They say it will cost jobs and only Congress should do it..
http://theminorityreportblog.com/story/steve_foley/2010/02/22/epa_head_responds_to_democrat_senator_s_questions_on_co2_regs
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DevonRex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-23-10 05:39 PM
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1. I'm thinking coal might have something to do with it. nt
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cmd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-23-10 05:43 PM
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3. I agree
Can't imagine another reason Sherrod Brown would support it.
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DevonRex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-23-10 05:49 PM
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4. Yep. Lots of coalminers in PA. nt
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Sebastian Doyle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-23-10 05:43 PM
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2. Byrd and Rockefeller are from a state best known for coal mining
Doesn't take rocket science to figure out that link.
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ananda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-23-10 05:49 PM
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5. Oh dear.
That's bad.
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karynnj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-23-10 06:25 PM
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6. They are exactly who I would expect on this
I believe most of them signed the letter asking that coal power plants get free permits under any cap and trade system for their current level of pollution.

Global warming and the environment is NOT as much a Democrat/Republican issue as things like health care.
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