Unless it suits them.
The House R’s have signed onto a bill that would force the EPA to stop trying to do social work with regards to CO2 by forcing them to pick a Top 10 Most Dangerous Substances list of sorts.
Having no good excuse as to why some focus might be a good idea, the eco-socialists have pulled the race card out of their wallet and are trying to get it read.
But, you know how sometimes you put the wrong side of the card through the machine. Yeah, that’s what they’re doing.
House Republicans are being accused of “environmental racism†by an environmental group that argues GOP efforts to reform decades-old chemical laws would disproportionately harm minority groups.
At issue is draft legislation backed by Rep. John Shimkus (R-Ill.) that would require the Environmental Protection Agency to focus on chemicals that pose the greatest risk to the public in enforcing environmental protections.
Shimkus argues his bill would free up resources to focus on the most dangerous chemical threats, but the liberal Environmental Justice Health Alliance says it would end up hurting minority groups by moving resources away from policing the threats in their neighborhoods. That, in turn, would increase the risk that they could develop cancer, asthma, childhood leukemia, infertility and birth defects, among other health problems.
In a press release, the group said the bill would promote what it called “environmental racism.”
“This bill harms communities of color disproportionately,†Michele Roberts, co-coordinator of the Environmental Justice Health Alliance, said in an interview. “Most of these chemicals are either manufactured, stored in, or disposed of in primarily communities of color.”
Could someone take a moment to tell these guys that keeping the EPA from wasting time regulating CO2 gives them more time to keep an eye on actual dangerous chemicals.
Of course, they will argue that CO2 is THE most dangerous chemical. While expelling CO2.