Desperation time

Link to Inhofe EPW Press Blog As the case for job-killing cap-and-trade regulations founders, some activist groups are getting desperate-and throwing truth overboard. Consider the recent full-page ad sponsored by several such groups. Though it's difficult to tell, the ad is directed at supporters of a recently proposed amendment to the House Interior-Environment appropriations bill. The amendment would have postponed for two years EPA's greenhouse gas regulations for stationary sources under the Clean Air Act. The proposed EPA timeout got ‘yes' votes from five Republicans and two Democrats (it ultimately failed on a 7 to 7 vote during the subcommittee markup of the Interior-Environment bill).