Now, the U.S. House of Representatives is considering a bill that amounts to the broadest and many dangerous assaults on the air we breathe along with the water we drink. This "Continuing Resolution" would ditch America's core ecological and civic well being programs by attacking the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act, and brutally deteriorating funding for civic lands.
Specially, the bill would block the EPA from cleaning carbon dioxide pollution from coal-fired power plants in Louisiana and nationwide. Furthermore, spending budget cuts to the EPA would threaten wetlands, Red River along with the Upper Ouachita National Wildlife Refuge, as well as the streams that feed the drinking water supplies of 1,886,782 Louisianians.
Furthermore, Congressman Scalise has proposed an amendment that could force permits for drilling to be approved without delay no matter safety or environmental concerns and regardless of whether there are enough details to proceed. In the wake of the BP oil disaster this kind of rubber stamping is really a reckless gamble with the lives of folks, well being, and economy.
To guarantee the well being and environment of Louisiana's families are protected, Louisiana's members of Congress should refuse the Continuing Resolution, and instead stand up for cleaner water, cleaner air and preserving our environment.
