Amy Goodman
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A Big Win for Climate Change Denial: Republicans to Target EPA Regulations After Taking Senate
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11:26Now PlayingWith their newfound control of both houses of Congress, the Republican agenda includes a rollback of environmental regulations, including President Obama's new rules limiting carbon emissions from coalfired power plants. We discuss this prospect with Lee Fang, a reporting fellow with The Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute, and blogger about money and politics at the the Republic Report. "This Republican majority owes its fortunes to a small number of fossil companies who were very big campaign spenders," Fang says. "And the next Congress will see some of the most avowed climate change deniers taking control of key congressional committees in the Senate and in the House."
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