Radioactive plume in South Carolina

Posted: Jan 17, 2014

Just in the last few weeks an oil train blew up in North Dakota, a toxic chemical spill poisoned the water of over 300,000 people in West Virginia (and is still spreading), and who can forget BP oil pouring oil in the Gulf a few years ago, and now this, but what did Republican leader Boehner recently say? �I am entirely confident that there are ample regulations already on the books to protect the health and safety of the American people. Somebody ought to be held accountable here. What we try to do is look at those regulations that we think are cumbersome, are over the top, and that are costing our economy jobs. That�s where our focus continues to be.� Boehner's House has quite the record--in 2013: House Republicans voted: � 51 times in favor of the interests of the oil and gas industry including fast-tracking pipeline construction and putting up obstacles to developing cleaner alternatives to oil. � 37 times to weaken the Clean Water Act and to block funding to implement the National Ocean Policy. � 27 times to cut spending on clean energy and energy efficiency. � 20 times to weaken the Clean Air Act. � 20 times against efforts to curb carbon pollution. If that isn't enough, House Republicans appointed Rep. David Schweikert (R-Ariz.), who is a climate change denier, to head the Science Committee's environment subcommittee. Way to go. ;