Cathy Landry | 202.682.8122| landryc@api.org
WASHINGTON, June 10, 2010 — The American Petroleum Institute Thursday expressed disappointment with the Senate’s defeat of the Murkowski resolution:
“The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency should not move forward with regulation of greenhouse gas emissions. The Clean Air Act was never intended, nor should it be used, to address climate change. It was designed to control traditional air pollutants, not greenhouse gas emissions that come from every vehicle, home, factory and farm in America.
“Congress should address climate change through comprehensive legislation in a way that protects the American economy. EPA’s approach could not only discourage investments in domestic oil and natural gas projects – limiting U.S. production and increasing import dependence – but it also is likely to delay business expansion, hurt job creation and throw state economies into slow motion as they are inundated with added permitting work.
“We hope the Senate will quickly take up Senator Jay Rockefeller's resolution to delay EPA rules by two years to give time to Congress to act.”
Updated: June 10, 2010