61 Reasons This Is the Most Anti-Environment House of Representatives in History

[peoli]

These House GOP ideologues don’t vote for “less regulation.” They vote literally for no safeguards at all. They like to characterize their proposals as simply adhering to mainstream conservative ideals. But they actually are far more radical than that. Just some examples:
Republican measures to “reform” regulation are not some middle-ground effort to limit the burden on companies. Instead, they would literally tear apart the system that has protected Americans since the early twentieth century, making it next to impossible to put in place any new protection for air, water, food and land—while giving competitive benefit to recalcitrant companies. (See REINS and RAA below.)
The Republican efforts to promote offshore drilling don’t just make it easier to get permits for drilling. Instead, they require that half the available territory for drilling be put out to lease each and every year, until every last piece is leased, regardless of any concerns about that pace or where it may be dangerous to local recreation and fishing industries or the number of inspectors available to act as a deterrent from unsafe practices.
The Republicans have not just tried to “slow down” EPA or make it look more closely at regulations, as they sometimes claim. Instead, they have pushed to permanently block EPA from protecting waters, from basing air pollution limits on health concerns, and from doing anything at all to address climate change, including reining in carbon pollution from older power plants, which kick out 40 percent of the nation’s carbon pollution and today face no limits.
They have not just tried to “trim” the federal budget or limit new federal spending. Instead, they have taken a cleaver to agencies that provide basic protections—a one-third cut in EPA in one year, and an even greater cut on all research to move us forward on renewable energy and energy efficiency.


http://ecowatch.com/2013/the-most-anti-environment-house-of-representatives-in-history/

[Archaic]

1. For a "do nothing" congress, they sure are busy.

Out to ruin the planet, and subjugate and humiliate women. And wreck our voting right legacy.

I honestly wonder how many of the house votes are legitimate votes cast, and how many vote through because they know it won't actually be passed by the Senate. That way they can appeal to the idiots back home, but not truly do damage.


Our shining city on the hill will be surrounded by pollution. We'll be lucky if the rest of the world doesn't just put a dome over the USA some day in the future and call it good.

[Blue_Tires]

2. I honestly wish the nation soon has the same type of awakening

About our air, water, soil and food as there was for the nsa