Pelosi Says No, No, No

by Julia Rosen [courtesy of Working Californians blogs]

Rep. Boucher and Rep. Dingell had this bright idea, and when I mean bright I mean really dumb, to push forward new energy legislation that would have effectively overridden several pieces of landmark environmental law here in California. It would have prohibited states from passing "tougher-than-federal standards to cut vehicle emissions." The proposal seemed to deliberately target California.

Yesterday, the Chronicle published a high profile article on the legislation and by the end of the day, Pelosi put out a statement indicating her opposition. Chron

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, responding to pressure from California officials and environmentalists, has slapped down a new proposal by top House Democrats that would have wiped out California's ability to regulate greenhouse gases from cars and trucks.

In a brief but pointed statement Tuesday night, the San Francisco Democrat said, "Any proposal that affects California's landmark efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions or eliminates the EPA's authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions will not have my support."

There is no way that the proposal will reach the House floor. Good on the Speaker, looking out for California and the rest of the country. Now, if only the EPA would hurry up and grant California the waiver to regulate vehicle emissions.