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Act now – urge our Senators to protect public health and welfare of future generations!

Our Montana Congressional delegation will be home for summer recess August 9 through September 12 (the House recess has been delayed to consider a budget bill).  

  • Please thank Senator Tester and Senator Baucus for opposing the Murkowski resolution,
  • Ask them to continue to oppose attempts to weaken a strong EPA,
  • Urge them to protect EPA’s authority to regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act.

Contact Senator Baucus and Senator Tester today.

Big Oil wants to undermine clean air protections -

The immediate fight continues over EPA’s authority to regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act.  Proposals to limit or delay that critical authority are expected to come up next month in the Senate Interior Appropriations Committee, on which Sen. Tester sits. 

Urge Sen. Tester to oppose this amendment, and oppose any amendment to the Interior Appropriations bill that blocks or delays the ability of the EPA to enforce the Clean Air Act.  Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) expects a vote in September on his proposal for a two-year delay in EPA rules to regulate emissions from coal-fired power plants and other stationary industrial facilities.  Once again, we need your help to secure Sens. Baucus and Tester’s opposition to these efforts to limit EPA’s authority. 

Background – industry lobbyists fighting clean air protections –

In December 2009, the Environmental Protection Agency ruled that greenhouse gases endanger the health and welfare of future generations of Americans.

Big oil, gas and coal companies, joined by Montana’s electrical co-ops, want to limit the EPA’s authority to protect public health by enforcing the Clean Air Act which regulates dirty emissions.  They say they would rather Congress enact a law to regulate greenhouse gases. The truth is they have not only failed to support any meaningful Congressional regulation of such pollutants, they have fought against them.  They cannot have it both ways – no laws and no regulations – while we continue to pour polluting greenhouse gases into our environment. 

In June, our Senators opposed a resolution offered by Sen. Murkowski (R – Alaska).  Montana needs them to hold the line, and reject any additional attempts to jeopardize public health and welfare of future generations.