2011

112th congress 2010 biggest leap to right on record; waman lost chr on energy (pt man on cap in trade win) ; koch $ > exxon 22/of 31; 5 of 6 frosh AFP $ Climate Pledge, created 2008 to ~ scotus on GHG EPA 274
Morgan Griffith > Boucher on energy comm. Took lead on war on EPA, “rein in, cut 27% (senate limited to 16) ½ US lives 10 mi of toxic waste 274. Crossett Ark 11/15 fam cancer G-P paper mill effluent. Air usa today most toxic 1%; class action fail; lisa jackson vowed action.
Koch TRI #1: 950 mil lbs/yr 275, release 56.8 so #5 polluter; 24 mill tons ghg/yr by 2011 = 5 mil cars.
Frosh Mike Pompeo (koch $ in his aerospace co) ~ EPA GHG and dBase consumer complaints on unsafe products 276
2011 koch 8m$ lobby congress, most green.  Upton had been mod on env, but naked belly crawl to find on flank (like Inglis) [BULB bill?] co- author op-ed with Tim P WSJ CPP? “Unconst pwr grab...kill millions of jobs” ; got chair, said he’d make LJ need parking space.
Wish list: no new ESA, uranium adjacent to grand cyn, dereg mountain top, coal ash not designated as air pollution 277.  Req EPA to consider costs without regard to health or science ~ Clean air act rip heart out. ~ alt energy: Solyndra walton backers  (pgm was B2 and turned profit); another solar co fail backed by D Doll, koch donor.  AFP => gop on grn.
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