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Tue Apr 21, 2009 at 12:00:00 PM PDT
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| Big Ag wants their cake and wants to eat it too. They want to be compensated for sequestering carbon but they don't want their emissions regulated AT ALL. And to my knowledge, the Waxman Markey bill totally exempts ag... but with the new EPA ruling that global warming & CO2 emissions harm human health, they are getting very very afraid.
Sen. Johanns (R-NE) (the former USDA secretary under Bush) is sponsoring a bill to exempt ag from the new EPA decision. That's bad. The Senate needs to hear from us LOUD AND CLEAR. One-third of greenhouse gas emissions come from ag. About 18% comes from meat production. WE DON'T WANT AG EXEMPTED. What's the point of a regulation if you exempt some of the worst offenders? The Senate must oppose Johanns' bill.
When the EPA announced Friday it had determined that greenhouse gases may endanger public health or welfare, a collective shiver went down the back of animal agriculture. The ruling now faces a 60-day public comment period. If its decision is upheld, the EPA must then act to regulate emissions. If the EPA's definition of greenhouse gases includes methane emitted by livestock, animal ag operations could be affected. - Meatingplace |
| Jill Richardson :: Tell the Senate: Don't Exempt Big Ag from Clean Air Rules |
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