Ezra Klein - Murkowski resolution fails, 47 to 53
Lisa Murkowski's resolution blocking the EPA's authority to regulate carbon failed in the Senate today, 47 to 53. Six Democrats crossed over: Mark Pryor, Evan Bayh, Ben Nelson, Jay Rockefeller, Blanche Lincoln and Mary Landrieu. Some people were surprised that Bayh crossed, but I'm not. He's retiring, but his votes will reflect on Brad Ellsworth, who's running to replace him, so he's going to stick with the state's most important interests. Zero Republicans voted against Murkowski.Omani who scaled Everest raises concern about global warming
So the good news, I guess, is that Murkowski's resolution went down. The bad news is that in a 60-vote Senate, it's hard to imagine a climate bill, or even a mere energy bill that does something about coal-fired plants, getting through.
Omani adventurer Khalid Sulaiman Al Siyabi, who just returned from Nepal after summiting the Mount Everest, said that the biggest threat to the universe is the rapid CO2 emission resulting in ice-melting of the Himalayan mountains in Nepal.
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The climbing mission was delayed several times due to ice slips, fluctuating temperatures which at times touched minus 50 degrees Celsius, and strong winds reaching 80km per hour, Al Siyabi said.
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@Tom - Do you really want the EPA involved in areas not conceived of when the Clean Air Act was approved? Do you really want bureaucrats, over which you have no control, deciding regulations on which they may choose arbitrarily?
If you want to strengthen or tighten the allowable emissions from coal- fired power plants, then advance those policy proposals. To the extent that there are "grandfathered" coal plants, institute fees and penalties on them, first.
@Tom -- My apologies. You posted a link to the Ezra Klein article and I responded as if it was your article.
As Emily Littella would say, "Never mind!"
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