The Case for EPA Action.

The article discusses efforts by some members of the U.S. Congress, with the backing of the energy industry, to limit the ability of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from stationary sources. According to Kassie Siegel of the Center for Biological Diversity, even without new climate change legislation in 2010 strict EPA enforcement of laws already in place, such as the Clean Air Act, would allow the U.S. to significantly curb greenhouse gas emission levels by 2020. As a result, energy industry lobbyists and some members of the U.S. Congress have been working to limit the EPA's ability to enforce regulations of stationary greenhouse gas sources such as coal-fired power plants.