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Republicans attempt to stifle action on climate change

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In their first full day in the new Congress, Republicans outlined three different bills ‚¬" encapsulating three different strategies ‚¬" aimed at limiting the powers of the EPA. It also shut down a house committee that had tackled energy and climate issues.

The first, introduced by Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, would declare that greenhouse gas emissions are not subject to the Clean Air Act - even though supreme court ruled in 2007 that they are.
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