Kyl: Senate Will Not Allow The EPA To Make Laws Without Congressional Consent

Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) says the Senate will not allow the Environmental Protection Agency or the Executive Branch to make laws without consent from Congress. (0:16)
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Obama Trying To 'Strongarm' Congress Into Passing Climate Change Legislation, Claims Senate Republican

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) says that through the use of a ruling by the Environmental Protection Agency, the Obama Administration is trying to force economically harmful regulations. (0:16)
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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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Nothing In Hacked Emails Undermines Science Of Climate Change Data

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson says she did not consider holding off making a major announcement on Monday regarding her department's ability to now regulate greenhouse gas emissions. Jackson says that nothing in the hundreds of emails between climate scientists at Britain's Climatic Research Unit has undermined the science of data that supports the existence of climate change. (:28)
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Hacked Emails Only Small Fraction Of Climate Change Data

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson says Monday that emails exchanged between climate scientists at Britain's Climatic Research Unit represent only a small faction of opinion on climate change within the scientific community. Jackson says her department's decision to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and support climate change legislation is based on loads of other data that support the need for action against climate change. (:38)
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No Timeline For Senate Climate Bill Says EPA Head

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson announces Monday that her department will now be allowed to regulate greenhouse gas (GHG's) emissions, noting that the EPA has determined that GHG's pose health risks to humans. When asked about climate change legislation being looked at in the Senate, Jackson replies that while she would like to see the Senate pass its bill soon, she will not put a timeline on lawmakers. (:35)
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2007 Supreme Court Decision Justified Climate Announcement Says EPA Head

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson announces Monday that her department will be allowed to regulate greenhouse gas emissions now that the EPA has determined that they pose health risks to humans. Jackson says that contrary to what critics of climate legislation are arguing, the intention of her announcement was simply to obey a 2007 Supreme Court decision that granted the EPA to regulate carbon emissions. (:16)
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Legislation Is The Best Way To Fight Climate Change Says EPA Head

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Lisa Jackson says during an a major announcement on Monday that passing climate legislation is the best way to address the issue of climate change. (:09)
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US Joining Billions Of Others Who Have Taken Action Against Climate Change

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson announces that her department will be allowed to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, since it has determined that GHG's pose health risks to humans. Jackson applauds the fact that the U.S. has finally joined billions of others around the world in the fight against climate change. (:41)
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EPA Can Now Regulate Greenhouse Pollutants

In a major announcement, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson declares that her department will now be allowed to regulate greenhouse emissions under the Clean Air Act of 1970. (:16)
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Threat Of Climate Change Is Real Says EPA Head

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson says that the threat of climate change is real. Jackson's remarks came during a major announcement declaring that greenhouse gases do pose health risks to humans. (:13)
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EPA Regulation Will Alter Fuel Standards Says Analyst

Dr. Mark Cooper of the Consumer Federation of America says the automobile industry's fuel economy standards will change if the Environmental Protection Agency starts to regulate the market. (0:32)
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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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Former EPA Director Says America Agrees On Need For Climate Change Legislation

David Doniger, former EPA climate change director under President Bill Clinton, says Americans are at a consensus on climate change. Doniger says that is why legislation such as the Waxman-Markey and Kerry-Boxer bills are currently on the table.
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Conservationist: God Better than Man at Making Wetlands

"God has a better track record than man does" at making lakes, streams and wetlands, says Rob Cadmus, Water Quality Organizer for the Southeast Alaska Conservation Council. The SEACC suffered a setback today as the Supreme Court allowed Coeur Alaska to proceed with its mining operations that will destroy a nearby lake. (0:10)
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Mine Jobs Could Be Created Without Harming Environment, Alaska Conservationists Say

Jay Cadmus of the Southeast Alaska Conservation Council says his organization worked extensively with Coeur Alaska to find a waste disposal system that would have provided jobs and while not harming the environment, but Coeur ultimately backed a system that will destroy a lake. The Supreme Court today allowed Coeur to proceed with its mining operations.

"Those jobs at the Kensington mine could be provided without having to use a lake as a tailings storage facility," Cadmus said. "In my mind it's not a question of jobs; it's a question of how one cares for the environment. And we feel that if someone's going to use a public resource like our clean water, they need to be held to a very high standard." (0:59)
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Rep. Faleomavaega says e-waste is mishandled

Rep. Eni Faleomavaega explains the problems from beginning to end regarding the export of e-waste. (0:45)
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