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U.S. Senator Murkowski thanks Business Europe |
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Thursday, 17 June 2010 13:35 |
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 Washington D.C. , 16 June 2010
Dear Business Europe,
I want to express my heartfelt thanks for supporting my resolution S.J. 26 as presented to the U.S. Senate on June 10th. As you know, this resolution would have ensured that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) would not be able to legislate and control greenhouse gas emissions from large point sources. Stopping the EPA from regulating these emissions is very important because it would take away the US administration's leverage to enact a cap and trade bill such as the American Power Act. Unfortunately, the hard work of your members fell short of generating a majority in the Senate.
But rest assured there will be other opportunities to jointly fight climate action and I will call upon your support again.
You and your members rightfully call for leveling the playing field on climate action both in the US and EU. This means we all have to work hard on both sides of the Atlantic. I therefore also feel your pain when seeing the European Commission call for a 2020 emissions cap of 10% below business as usual. I have asked my friend Sarah Palin to throw a tea party where we will pass the hat around and collect a few dimes to mitigate your suffering. That Commission, how dare they try to take away those hard-earned windfall profits!
Again, send my sincere thanks to your members for supporting my resolution and your advocacy work in the U.S. Senate. Please send special thanks to your members of American Chemistry; BASF; Bayer; Solvay; Air Liquide; Total petrochemicals; Rhodia; ArcelorMittal (as a member of the American Iron and Steel Institute); CEMEX, Lafarge and Holcim as members of the Portland Cement Association; and last but not least, Shell and BP as members of the American Petroleum Institute.
It is only by working together we will be able to avoid climate change mitigation at both local and global levels.
Yours sincerely,
Senator Murkowski
Editor's note: This letter was falsely manufactured, much like industry claims that emissions reductions would harm profits.
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