Governors Urge Congressional Leaders to Stop EPA's GHG Regs

Twenty governors, including Republican Gov. Haley Barbour of Mississippi and Democrat Gov. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, sent a letter to House and Senate leaders urging them to stop the Obama administration from regulating GHG emissions, Bloomberg reported. The letter said EPA was "not equipped to consider the very real potential for economic harm when regulating emissions."

The letter went on to say Congress should "pass comprehensive legislation that balances the role of conservation and climate security with the production of abundant and affordable American energy." The letter was signed by 18 Republican governors and two Democratic governors. A spokesman for EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson was quoted as saying that the agency was proposing "common sense" measures and that "EPA rejects the premise that addressing greenhouse gases threatens the economy."