Electric Co-op Today

The links below lead to PDFs that show whether U.S. senators and representatives who have co-ops in their districts are co-sponsoring legislation to prevent the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gases from stationary sources under the Clean Air Act.

These files are through May 26 and will be updated weekly.

Click on the appropriate group of states below, in alphabetical order, to open the document. And contact your elected officials through the Our Energy, Our Future™ campaign.  (Each file is approximately 150 KB.)

Alabama through Florida               Georgia through Kentucky

Louisiana through Nebraska        Nevada through Ohio

Oklahoma through Texas              Utah through Wyoming

What follows is a description of major legislative proposals:

• House Joint Resolution 76: Puts Congress on record of disapproving of EPA’s finding that greenhouse gases threaten the public health and welfare, and says the EPA rule shall have no force or effect.
  Chief sponsor: Rep. Ike Skelton, D-Mo. Related story here
• House Joint Resolution 77: Puts Congress on record of disapproving of EPA’s finding that greenhouse gases threaten the public health and welfare, and says the EPA rule shall have no force or effect. Chief sponsor: Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas.
• H.R. 4396: Removes carbon dioxide, methane and four other greenhouse gases from the definition of air pollutants that EPA can regulate. Chief sponsor: Rep. Earl Pomeroy, D-N.D.
• H.R. 4572: Removes carbon dioxide, methane and four other greenhouse gases from the definition of air pollutants that EPA can regulate. Chief sponsor: Rep. Ike Skelton, D-Mo. Related story here
• H.R. 4753: Suspends EPA regulation of carbon dioxide and methane from stationary sources under the Clean Air Act for two years. Regulation of mobile sources is permissible. Chief sponsor: Rep. Nick J. Rahall II, D-W.Va. Related story here
• Senate Joint Resolution 26: Puts Congress on record of disapproving of EPA’s finding that greenhouse gases threaten the public health and welfare, and says the EPA rule shall have no force or effect.
  Chief sponsor: Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska. Related story here
• S. 3072: Suspends EPA regulation of carbon dioxide and methane from stationary sources under the Clean Air Act for two years. Regulation of mobile sources is permissible. Chief sponsor: Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV, D-W.Va. Related story here

Tags: Climate Change Legislation, Our Energy Our Future