Protecting the EPA

In the absence of congressional action, new Environmental Protection Agency regulations to reduce mercury levels in our environment and begin to control greenhouse gas pollution are an effective response to global warming. When Congress tried to strip the EPA of its authority to establish these regulations, FCNL helped to lead faith community lobbying in support of the agency’s regulations and mobilized people around the country to support the EPA. In a key vote in April all the Senate amendments to curtail the EPA’s authority were defeated. But polluting industries and their allies will be back and FCNL will be there.

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