Norquist Urges Sens. Boxer and Kerry Not to Introduce National Energy Tax

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Tuesday, Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) president Grover Norquist, along with 503 other lawmakers, business and citizen groups, sent a letter to Sens. Boxer (D-Calif.) and Kerry (D-Mass.), urging them to reconsider introducing a Senate version of cap-and-trade on September 30( )given the negative impact such legislation will have on the economy.

EPW REPUBLICANS CALL FOR A FAIR, OPEN PROCESS, URGE BOXER TO INTRODUCE COMPLETE BILL

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator James Inhofe (R-Okla.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee along with all EPW Republicans, today sent a letter to Chairman Barbara Boxer urging the introduction of a complete cap-and-trade bill with no placeholders.

“My hope is that Chairman Boxer avoids repeating the process of pushing climate change legislation in the House, in which key portions of the bill were inserted at the last minute, and the American people were left guessing as to how it would impact their energy costs, their jobs, and America’s energy security,” Inhofe said. “We must have a fair, open, and transparent process so we can have a debate on the facts and the substance of legislation with all its provisions, no matter how politically sensitive they may be.”

Hopis say conservationists unwelcome on tribal land

The Hopi Nation's Tribal Council sent a message Monday to the Sierra Club and a handful of other environmental groups: Stay off the reservation.

Tina May, a council spokeswoman, said council members meeting in Kykotsmovi unanimously adopted a resolution declaring that the conservation groups are unwelcome on Hopi lands because they have damaged the tribe's economy by pushing for closure of a coal-fired power plant near Page.