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Mike Johanns 
Wed Jul 20, 2011 at 18:21:09 PM PDT
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Last December, almost like clockwork, Republicans sounded the alarm about the out of control EPA. Out of control? What had the EPA suddenly done to earn such criticism? With the recent spotlight on ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), the story now makes sense.
On December 1-3, 2010, ALEC held a policy summit in which it brought its troops in line on the issue of "the EPA's regulatory trainwreck." Specifically, ALEC members - which include many corporations that profit from dirty energy (such as ExxonMobil, BP America, and Chevron) - were unhappy that the EPA was attempting to follow the law under the Clean Air Act by regulating greenhouse gas emissions. ALEC sought to frame this effort as "higher prices, fewer jobs, and less energy."
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Thu May 07, 2009 at 12:00:00 PM PDT
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What a source of constant amusement. All of these Senators - first Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), then Chuck Grassley (R-IN), and now Mike Johanns (R-NE) - are coming out against Kathleen Merrigan because she likes organics. Until now, I've had a hard time picking out which legislators were good or bad on food and ag policy simply because so few good bills ever come up for a vote. But Merrigan seems to be a touchstone, provoking those who hate organics to come out and say it simply because of her presence at the USDA. You'll note in the statements made by each of these Senators that she hasn't even done anything as Deputy Secretary of Agriculture to piss them off yet.
Johanns' remarks are below.
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Mon May 04, 2009 at 17:57:36 PM PDT
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Mike Johanns, the former Secretary of Agriculture in the Dubya administration and current Republican Senator from Nebraska, gave an interview to a Big Ag radio show last week. Here's what he had to say...
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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
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