Democrats rally for Clean Power Plan, as GOP questions public health benefits

摘要

Members of Congress debated the pros and cons of the U.S. EPA’snproposed Clean Power Plan over a two-day period.nThe debate started on the morning of Sept. 10 in the Senate at anroundtable hosted by the Democratic-led Climate Action Task Forcenand culminated in a hearing on Sept. 11 of the Republican-led HousenCommittee on Science, Space and Technology’s Subcommittee onnEnvironment, where two out of the three witnesses questioned thenhealth effects of carbon dioxide emissions and climate change.