Solve Climate:

Yet, today, Murkowski tried to bring an amendment to the Senate floor that would restrict the EPA’s ability to regulate carbon emissions for at least the next year. The amendment didn’t go to a vote, but it raised a heated debate as Murkowski defended it on the Senate floor, and Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) vowed to bring it back.

The Murkowski amendment would eliminate a powerful hammer hanging over Congress’s head that has been encouraging lawmakers to take action on climate change this year.

That hammer is the EPA’s finding that greenhouse gases pose a danger to human health and welfare. Once finalized, the endangerment finding will open a door to the EPA regulating power plant and industry carbon dioxide emissions.

Her amendment to block the EPA’s action on greenhouse gases is opposed by native leaders from her home state, as well as environmental organizations. More than 30 groups wrote to senators urging them to reject the amendment.

Here is the letter:

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