By Matt Cover
(CNSNews.com) – Republicans in both the House and Senate have introduced legislation that would prevent the government from regulating greenhouse gas emissions, staking out an early position on what will be an emerging issue in the newly minted Congress.
The bills – one from Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) and another from Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) and Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) – would both prevent the Environmental Protection Agency from using its regulatory authority under the Clean Air Act to regulate industrial emissions of greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide.
The primary difference between the two bills is their scope. Barrasso’s bill, of which Inhofe is a cosponsor, would prohibit the entire federal government from regulating greenhouse gases in any way in addition to preventing lawsuits based on a company’s emission of greenhouse gases.
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