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McConnell Seeks to Stop EPA From Further Regulating Carbon Emissions

By Gabe Bullard
Published March 15, 2011 at 8:47 PM EDT

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has filed an amendment to a small business bill that would block the Environmental Protection Agency from imposing new regulations on carbon emissions.McConnell calls such regulations "a back-door national energy tax," and says they would lead to higher prices for gasoline, groceries, electricity and natural gas.Representative Ed Whitfield of Kentucky has filed similar legislation in the House.Carbon is a common pollutant and is linked to climate change. For more on the science of carbon emissions, watch this video from NPR and Robert Krulwich.Additional information provided by the Associated Press
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