Senate Votes to Uphold Clean Air Act, Defeats Murkowski Resolution
Thursday, June 10, 2010
The U.S. Senate voted on June 10 on Senator Lisa Murkowski’s Resolution of Disapproval that would have stripped the EPA of its authority to regulate global warming pollution. The resolution was defeated by a vote of 47 to 53.
“The Senate’s defeat of the Murkowski Resolution helps protect our environment, public health and the integrity of the scientific fact-finding process toward global warming solutions,” said Howard Learner, Executive Director of the Environmental Law & Policy Center. “It’s time to move forward with the clean energy economy future, not backward. We commend the Senate for siding with the majority of Americans, scientists and the Supreme Court.”
“Our Senators have shown that special interests can’t change the facts. S.J. Res 26, the Murkowski Resolution of Disapproval, would have been a giveaway to oil companies, resulted in more pollution and exacerbated our nation’s dependence on oil. We should be looking for new ways to develop more clean, American energy sources, not subsidizing the polluting energy sources of the past.”
“Today, the Senate defeated a bad bill. This vote should continue a pivot toward our clean energy economy future.”
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