John Rockefeller is pushing to block the EPA's climate rules for two years. | AP Photo Close
By DARREN SAMUELSOHN | 9/20/10 4:34 AM EDT Updated: 9/20/10 6:48 AM EDT
Environmentalists are bracing for a fight that would have seemed preposterous after the 2008 elections: a move to limit the government’s ability to curb greenhouses gases and global warming.
Even the proposal’s sponsor — a Democrat — cuts against the story line that predicted the Democratic takeover of Washington would finally lead to action on climate change.
But the push by West Virginia Sen. John Rockefeller to restrict the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to force reductions in carbon dioxide emissions illustrates how dramatically the environmental community’s fortunes have fallen despite the rise of allies in the White House and Congress.
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