Republicans’ Anti-environment and Anti-energy Actions Detailed in New Report

“Dirty Work” Presents Comprehensive View of House Republican Attacks in Yearly Spending Bill

FEB 28, 2011

WASHINGTON (February 28, 2011) – The Democratic staff of the House Natural Resources Committee today released “Dirty Work,” a comprehensive report on the anti-environment and anti-clean energy attacks in H.R 1, the House Republicans’ recently-passed yearly spending bill. The report, created at the direction of Democratic Ranking Member Ed Markey (D-Mass.), shows the skewed priorities and irrational attacks from House Republicans, highlights provisions in H.R. 1 which would affect existing environmental protections and clean energy development, from National Parks to climate science to clean energy R&D.

“H.R. 1 would not balance our budget, nor would it reduce our nation’s debt in any meaningful way,” the report says. “What H.R. 1 would accomplish, however, is to make the air we breathe and the water we drink dirtier, degrade our national parks, forests and public lands, further endanger already fragile wildlife, halt valuable scientific research, deny healthcare to the First Americans and deny access to justice for all Americans. H.R. 1 would turn back the clock, to a time when the desires of land speculators, coal companies and other polluters trumped the welfare of average American families. While it has been embraced by House Republicans, it should be rejected by the American people.”

The full report is available below.

The report includes valuable summaries of amendments to H.R. 1 and charts showing the cuts proposed by the bill. The Natural Resources Committee Democrats will continue to update the progress of these assaults on America’s air, water, parks and clean energy future as the budgetary process continues.

http://democrats.naturalresources.house.gov/press-release/republicans%E2%80%99-anti-environment-and-anti-energy-actions-detailed-new-report