Republicans Gut EPA Climate Rules, Slash Deeply Into Climate Research, Aid and Technology Programs

[OKIsItJustMe]

http://www.nytimes.com/cwire/2011/02/14/14climatewire-republicans-gut-epa-climate-rules-slash-deep-87716.html

Republicans Gut EPA Climate Rules, Slash Deeply Into Climate Research, Aid and Technology Programs

By LAUREN MORELLO, DINA FINE MARON, LISA FRIEDMAN AND SAQIB RAHIM of ClimateWire
Published: February 14, 2011

House Republicans introduced spending legislation Friday that would strip U.S. EPA of its ability to regulate carbon dioxide emissions, gut the State Department's climate aid programs and slash funding for energy and climate research across the federal government.

The continuing resolution (CR), which would fund government operations through Sept. 30, seeks to trim $100 billion from the fiscal 2011 budget President Obama proposed last year. House Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers (R-Ky.) initially floated $32 billion in cuts but backtracked last week under pressure from lawmakers aligned with the tea party.

First on the House GOP's chopping block: U.S. EPA. The proposed CR takes direct aim at the agency and its role as the cornerstone of the Obama administration's twinned efforts to regulate CO₂ emissions and boost climate change-related research.

The new bill would slash the agency's budget by $3 billion, 29 percent below the fiscal 2010 level of $10.3 billion. It would also block funds for all current and pending EPA greenhouse gas regulations on stationary sources for the remainder of the fiscal year.

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[jpak]

1. Yeah - "sound science" republics defund "sound science"

dumbasses

yup

[ladjf]

2. The lunatics are in charge. nt

[Lorien]

4. But they aren't in Charge. Dems have the Senate and Presidency

or so we're told.

[Nihil]

6. And that contradicts the previous post how?

:shrug:

[ladjf]

7. We might have different definitions if the word "have".

[ladjf]

3. The lunatics are in charge. nt

[glinda]

5. Hasn't it gone past the point that these people should be charged with crimes against the world?

These are brazen and irrational measures by anyone's standards. THey need to be put away seriously. Just lock them up and throw away the keys.