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GA SR848
Resolution
Status
Engrossed
3/7/2012
Primary Sponsor
John Bulloch
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AI Summary
- Urges Congress to adopt legislation prohibiting the EPA from regulating greenhouse gas emissions or enacting new air quality regulations without first completing a comprehensive study of both the environmental and economic impacts of those regulations
- Asserts the EPA has not conducted any cumulative study of the effects its proposed regulations would have on consumers, the economy, jobs, U.S. competitiveness, or energy system reliability
- Expresses concern that after cap-and-trade legislation failed in Congress, the EPA is attempting to achieve the same results through concurrent adoption of multiple new regulations
- Highlights the South's economic vulnerability, noting it provides more than half the nation's energy supply (with over 85% coming from coal, natural gas, and crude oil) and that seven of the top ten states for manufacturing jobs per capita are in the South, per a 2008 Bureau of Labor Statistics study
- Directs the Secretary of the Georgia Senate to transmit the resolution to each member of the Georgia congressional delegation
Legislative Description
Congress; urge to prohibit Environmental Protection Agency from further regulating greenhouse gas emissions; without comprehensive economic and environmental study
Last Action
Senate Passed/Adopted
3/7/2012
Committee Referrals
Natural Resources and the Environment2/15/2012
Full Bill Text
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