AFBF Supports Halt To EPA Regulation Of Greenhouse Gases

The American Farm Bureau Federation supports recent legislative efforts by Sen. Lisa Murkowski to stop an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposal to regulate carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act, USAgNet reports.

Backing her efforts, in a letter to Murkowski that was also sent to all senators, AFBF President Bob Stallman said the EPA proposal is ill-timed because climate discussions held in Copenhagen last month did not produce a “meaningful international agreement that puts all nations on a level playing field with respect to carbon emissions.”

In the letter, Stallman also noted a resolution passed unanimously by delegates to AFBF’s 91st annual meeting recently not only expressed opposition to cap-and-trade legislation, but strongly supports any legislative action that would suspend EPA’s authority to regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act.