EPA Refuses To Reanalyze Waxman-Markey Bill

Law360, New York (August 11, 2009, 12:47 PM ET) -- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson has denied a request from two Republican senators to have the agency conduct another economic analysis of the House-approved climate change bill.

In a letter Thursday, Jackson told Sens. James Inhofe, R-Okla., and George Voinovich, R-Ohio, that the Energy Information Administration had already addressed many of their concerns through a new analysis released Aug. 4.

The analysis from EIA, which is part of the U.S. Department of Energy, includes scenarios in which low-carbon energy sources end up being very...
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