Thank you for defending the Clean Air Act

It is mind boggling that 47 senators voted against the scientific finding that global warming represents a danger to human health. But we are thankful that 53 Senators, all Democrats, voted to defeat Sen. Murkowski's attack on the Clean Air Act.

This victory would not have been possible without thousands of messges and phone calls pressuring senators. Thanks to those efforts, and the activism of many thousands of others, the Clean Air Act remains intact for now.

Defeating Murkowski's ploy to stop the EPA from using the Clean Air Act to regulate greenhouse gases is a big win. But it may be a fleeting one.

In securing the votes to defeat the Murkowski resolution, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid struck a deal to allow another vote on a new attack on the Clean Air Act which is being promoted by coal state Democrat, Sen. Jay Rockefeller.

Sen. Rockefeller's bill would effectively have the same result as Murkowski's resolution, though under the guise of delaying EPA action for years rather than definitively blocking it.

Pressure needs to continue to be put on the Senate to ensure they do not bend to the oil and coal lobbies and roll back one of the best tools we have to regulate greenhouse gases and fight climate change.

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