EPA Official Says Decision To Use Dispersants In Gulf Oil Spill Was Difficult

Paul Anastas from the Environmental Protection Agency describes the difficult choice to use dispersants in the Gulf of Mexico to break up oil. (0:35)

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Murkowski Resolution Will Only Benefit Big Oil, Says Senate Democrat

Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) called for the Senate to later today reject Sen. Lisa Murkowski's (R-Alaska) Environmental Protection Agency disapproval resolution, saying that the resolution only will benefit the oil companies. (0:16)
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New Mexico Democrats Urges Colleagues To Reject Murkowski EPA Resolution

Before the Senate votes on Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s (R-Alaska) Environmental Protection Agency disapproval resolution later today, Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M), called for rejecting the measure, saying that a vote for the resolution could be devastating for the U.S. (0:23)
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Republican Murkowski Explains EPA Overreach

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) explains her position that the EPA is overreaching its boundaries and trying to do the job of Congress. (0:20)
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EPA Carbon Ruling No Surprise Says Analyst

David Kreutzer, Senior Policy Analyst in Energy Economics and Climate Change at the Heritage Foundation, says the Environmental Protection Agency’s ruling on the dangers of carbon dioxide is a "non surprise," but a “controversial ruling in the science world” nonetheless. He says President Obama is taking that ruling to the Copenhagen climate change conference to “show some form of progress of cutting C02 emissions.” (0:34)
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Obama's Visit To Copenhagen Will Not Impact Climate Legislation Here

David Kreutzer, Senior Policy Analyst in Energy Economics and Climate Change at the Heritage Foundation, says that President Obama's visit to the Copenhagen climate change summit will have “little impact” on legislation in Congress. But, he says the President’s visit did affect the Environmental Protection Agency's recent findings on the dangers of green house gas emissions. (0:20)
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EPA Must Do Better Job Of Raising Fuel Standards Says Analyst

Dr. Mark Cooper of the Consumer Federation of America explains why his organization believes the Environmental Protection Agency can do a better job of forcing the automobile industry to change fuel economy vehicles standards. (0:36)
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GOP Senator Slams USDA's, EPA's Analysis Of Energy Bill

Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Ky.) says that analysis of cap and trade legislation recently presented by the United States Department of Agriculture is built on assumptions of the Environmental Protection Agency, which he says is "driven by their agenda" and does not accurately reflect the cost to rural America. (0:29)
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EPA Official Says Sustainable Communities Improve Health

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator, Lisa Jackson, described how healthy communities provide a strong market in addition to a healthy lifestyle. (0:32)
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"Mercury pollution can be a serious threat"

At a Committee on Environment and Public Works hearing on mercury legislation, Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE) says “mercury pollution can be a serious threat,” that “one in 17 women of childbearing age have mercury in their blood at levels that could pose a risk to their unborn children,” and that the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Air Mercury Rule is “flawed” and “did not go far enough to protect the health of America’s vulnerable populations.” (0:40)


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Senator Sanders (I-VT) Responds to Testimony by EPA-head Regarding California Emissions Waiver

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) disapproves of the recent decision by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to deny a California waiver which would reduce greenhouse gas pollutants from motor vehicles. He criticizes the current Bush administration for failing to address the issue of global warming and predicts that the administration “will go down in American history as the worst administration in so many areas… including environmental protection.”
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Senator Lautenberg (D-NJ) Discusses EPA Decision to Deny California Waiver on Greenhouse Gases

Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) of the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works commented today on the recent decision by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to deny a California waiver aimed at reducing greenhouse gas pollutants from motor vehicles. Lautenberg described the EPA’s denial of the waiver as an “injustice” at a hearing today organized to discuss the EPA’s decision.
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Senator Boxer (D-CA) Criticizes EPA-head for Denying California Waiver on Greenhouse Gases

Today the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee met to discuss the recent decision by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to deny the California waiver drafted to regulate greenhouse gas pollution from motor vehicles. Chairman of the Committee, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), responds to testimony given by the administrator of the EPA, Stephen Johnson, after he refuses to admit that global warming poses a threat to human health.

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