{"id":2026,"date":"2010-05-17T15:00:29","date_gmt":"2010-05-17T20:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/?p=2026"},"modified":"2010-05-17T15:05:42","modified_gmt":"2010-05-17T20:05:42","slug":"dirty-air-act-worse-than-nothing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/climate411\/2010\/05\/17\/dirty-air-act-worse-than-nothing\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Dirty Air Act&#8221; &#8211; Worse than Nothing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wouldn&#8217;t it be great if members of congress would follow a Hippocratic Oath for legislators &#8211; first, don&#8217;t pass bad laws? The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edf.org\/page.cfm?tagID=54895\">Gulf  Coast oil disaster<\/a> proves once again that our over-dependence on fossil fuels comes with a huge human and environmental price. The best way to unleash our clean energy future and transition off oil and other fossil fuels is to cut America&#8217;s carbon dioxide pollution.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, some in Congress don&#8217;t seem to get it. Instead of supporting a strong climate and energy bill, the Senate is considering a resolution sponsored by Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) that would set new restrictions on EPA&#8217;s ability to cut pollution. This is worse than doing nothing and would take away an important tool in promoting a declining cap on America&#8217;s global warming pollution and unleash our clean energy future.<\/p>\n<p>Please <a href=\"https:\/\/secure2.edf.org\/site\/Advocacy?cmd=display&amp;page=UserAction&amp;id=1657\">take action now<\/a> to urge your Senators to oppose the misguided Murkowski bill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wouldn&#8217;t it be great if members of congress would follow a Hippocratic Oath for legislators &#8211; first, don&#8217;t pass bad laws? 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