U.S. Senate Supports NAACP Efforts To Empower The Environmental
Protection Agency U.S. Senate Supports NAACP Efforts To Empower
The Environmental Protection Agency To Reduce Greenhouse Gases
IN A REACTIONARY, SYMBOLIC MOVE THE U.S. HOUSE VOTES TO OVERRIDE
CLEAN AIR PROTECTIONS On Wednesday, April 6, 2011, the U.S.
Senate voted to reject an amendment which would have prohibited
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from reducing
greenhouse gas emissions under the authority given to it by the
Clean Air Act. This move by the Senate effectively kills efforts
to stop the EPA from acting for now. Undeterred, in a purely
symbolic move, the U.S. House voted the next day, Thursday,
April 7, 2011, to pass an NAACP-opposed bill (H.R. 910) which
would have prohibited the EPA from acting. H.R. 910 passed by a
margin of 255 yeas to 172 nays. The Clean Air Act is a
comprehensive federal response to air pollution. Under the Clean
Air Act, the U.S. EPA sets limits on certain air pollutants,
including setting limits o