ublic health, energy policy and the environment were voted on specifically more than 20 times when the U-S House recently approved a new spending bill, according to a new scorecard from the national League of Conservation Voters. Votes on specific issues were tracked, and because the League is pro-environment, scores reflect decisions along those lines. Wyoming’s Cynthia Lummis (R) received a “zero,” as did many western Republican Congressmen. The League’s Alex Taurel explains the problem with that score by pointing to one amendment that prevents the E-P-A from regulating mercury pollution from cement plants…and mercury is a documented neurotoxin.
Taurel says decisions to allow more pollution in the water and air are short-sighted for states closely tied to traditional energy production. While decisions to lift pollution controls were touted as a way to boost businesses and the economy, he argues that the end result will be the opposite.
Debate on be bill focused on tough decisions to reduce federal spending in order to reduce the federal deficit. Seventy-four representatives scored “zero,” and 86 scored 100-percent.
Taurel says decisions to allow more pollution in the water and air are short-sighted for states closely tied to traditional energy production. While decisions to lift pollution controls were touted as a way to boost businesses and the economy, he argues that the end result will be the opposite.
Debate on be bill focused on tough decisions to reduce federal spending in order to reduce the federal deficit. Seventy-four representatives scored “zero,” and 86 scored 100-percent.
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