Boehner's "So Be It" Attitude Spills Over Into Polluted Air And Water

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Having worked really hard for Justin Coussoule, the Democrat who ran hard last fall against John Boehner, it didn't surprise me to find out that a new poll shows that most residents of the district disagree with Boehner's environmental agenda, including the vote last week to block EPA climate regulations.

About 56 percent of registered voters in the Ohio Republican’s district disagree with a GOP-led effort in the House to handcuff EPA’s authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, according to the Public Policy Polling survey released by the Natural Resources Defense Council.

The House on Saturday morning passed a short-term spending package that would prohibit EPA from regulating stationary sources of greenhouse gas emissions.

Nationwide, about 58 percent of registered voters said they oppose the House vote to block EPA from limiting carbon dioxide emissions, the survey says.

...“Politicians who are considering blocking the EPA and updates to Clean Air Act safeguards should understand that doing so is very unpopular. Americans know where these actions will lead and they want their kids to be able to grow up breathing clean air,” said Peter Altman, climate campaign director for the Natural Resources Defense Council.

Justin won't be running against Boehner again in 2012 but he's still as concerned as ever about Boehner's sell-out to corporate interests over the health and well-being of the constituents who elected him.

Having spent nearly all of last year meeting and listening to the voters of Ohio's 8th District, it comes as no surprise to me that John Boehner is completely out of step with the priorities of the men and women he claims to represent, especially on the environment.

I'm not confident that Mr. Boehner could even locate his district on a map of Ohio, so why would he care about global warming or whether his constituents have clean air to breath? Besides, I'm sure the air's just fine in the private Washington clubs and California fairways where Boehner chooses to spend his time.  

Of course, his penchant for elite locales far flung from Southwest Ohio notwithstanding, Boehner's abysmal environmental record during his twenty plus years on Capitol Hill, and the fact that Ohio's largest inland lake is both in his district and was completely killed by toxic pollution during his tenure, says it all about Boehner and the environment-- he doesn't get it and he could care less.  

This is just more proof that if something gets in the way of the corporate masters who have propped John Boehner up throughout his career (all the way to the Speaker's chair), then he's against it. The people be damned.  

Call me a dreamer, but it would be nice if John Boehner started advancing the people's will on issues, like greenhouse gas emissions, instead of just invoking 'the will of the American people' in speeches and then doing the exact opposite of what we actually want.

Nancy Pelosi cited another nonpartisan poll that shows American are hugely in favor of the EPA's efforts to update air pollution efforts and opposed to Boehner's efforts to weaken clean air standards.

69 percent of Americans say they favor the EPA updating standards with stricter limits on air pollution. 26 percent oppose-- a 43 point difference.

68 percent believe Congress should NOT stop the EPA from updating these standards. 28 percent say Congress should stop the EPA-- a 39 point difference.

79 percent support stricter limits on the amount of Mercury that power plants and other industrial facilities can release. 18 percent oppose-- a 61 point difference.

77 percent favor stricter limits on the amount of smog that power plants, oil refineries and other industrial facilities can release. 21 percent oppose-- a 56 point difference.

77 percent favor stricter limits on the amount of carbon dioxide that power plants and other industrial facilities can release. 21 percent oppose-- a 56 point difference.