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US House Members Introduce Bipartisan Disapproval Resolution to Block EPA Regulation of GHG; Mirrors Murkowski Resolution

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US Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) The resulting set of new standards will cover model years 2012-2016, and will require an average fuel economy standard of 35.5 Congressman Skelton is the Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. earlier introduced an identical resolution, S.J. Earlier post.).

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Auto Industry Weighs in Against Murkowski Amendment that Delays EPA Regulation of Stationary Source CO2 Emissions

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Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski proposed Amendment Number 2530 to H.R. As manufacturers, we are sympathetic to the thrust of Senator Murkowski’s amendment that the Congress—and not simply EPA acting under the provisions of the current Clean Air Act—should determine how best to reduce US greenhouse gas emissions economy-wide.