Barbour Lobbies Fellow Governors to Oppose EPA Regulations
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour (R) is trying to rally state opposition to U.S. EPA’s forthcoming regulation of greenhouse gases.
A former utility lobbyist and former chairman of the Republican National Committee, Barbour is asking members of the National Governors Association’s natural resource committee to urge Congress to block the rules.
This week, Barbour circulated among the governors a draft letter (pdf) to Congress encouraging lawmakers to pass a resolution to stop EPA from enacting “costly greenhouse gas regulations” under the Clean Air Act.
“This is something that Governor Barbour feels like is important,” Barbour spokesman Dan Turner said. “He wanted to discuss it with his colleagues and hoped that they would see it as being important as well and would weigh in on it.”
NYT
2/19/10
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