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Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and right-wing Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia on Thursday introduced legislation that would prevent a federal agency from banning gas stoves.
Cruz and Manchin's bill to preempt the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) from banning gas stoves—titled the Gas Stove Protection and Freedom Act and described by progressive advocacy group Food & Water Watch as "absurd"—comes even though the agency says it has no plans to implement such a prohibition.
Climate and public health advocates celebrated last month after CPSC Commissioner Richard Trumka Jr. told Bloomberg News that gas stoves are "a hidden hazard" and suggested that new ones should be banned.
However, as Reuters reported Thursday, Trumka "walked back those comments after conservatives and energy industry groups seized on them as a way to criticize the Biden administration for allegedly overreaching with its climate and environmental policy agenda."
Food & Water Watch observed that while "there is currently no plan" to ban gas stoves, "there is substantial research documenting the hazards associated with the air pollution" the methane-powered appliances create.
A widely shared recent study found that 12.7% of childhood asthma cases in the U.S. can be tied to indoor air pollution caused by gas stoves. The findings bolstered calls from environmental justice advocates and public health experts to prohibit the sale of new gas stoves and expedite the switch to cleaner and safer electric ones, but the CPSC has yet to propose regulatory action.
"Manchin is doing his part to fuel the ridiculous right-wing panic over a nonexistent war on gas stoves," Food & Water Watch policy director Jim Walsh said Thursday. "But his intent behind this legislation is serious: to inhibit climate action and undermine agencies charged with protecting public health and safety—all in the interest of propping up his fossil fuel funders."
"As state and local governments are increasingly looking to turn away from gas in new construction—moves that will improve air quality and public health, and reduce climate pollution—Sen. Manchin continues looking backward," said Walsh.
Manchin is the top congressional recipient of cash from the fossil fuel industry, which has fought aggressively against increasingly popular campaigns to outlaw gas stoves at the state and local levels.
However, the coal baron who leads the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee is far from alone in his defense of planet-heating and illness-inducing gas stoves.
As The Washington Post reported Thursday, Natural Allies for a Clean Energy Future—a nonprofit group founded by a half-dozen gas companies—"has enlisted prominent Democratic politicians and pollsters to help enhance gas' reputation among liberal voters."
Former Sens. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) and Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.) and former Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) are among those going to bat for the fracking and gas utility industries.
"Natural Allies is backed by TC Energy, the Canadian pipeline giant behind the controversial Keystone XL project, and Southern Company, one of the biggest U.S. utilities," the Post reported. "Launched shortly before the 2020 election, the group is led by Susan Waller, a former executive at the pipeline firm Enbridge."
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GOP sexual predators don’t like being reminded of their hypocrisy.
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I found this on NewsBreak: A former Democratic senator may face legal trouble after she claimed a GOP congressman impregnated a 20-year-old staffer
I found this on NewsBreak: A former Democratic senator may face legal trouble after she claimed a GOP congressman impregnated a 20-year-old staffer
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Redistricting Has Reduced the Power of Native Voters
Redistricting Has Reduced the Power of Native Voters
This story was originally published by Indian Country Today
The Native vote has become increasingly influential, with the ability to determine whole elections in several states across the country.
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski often credits her win to the Alaska Native vote. The Native vote swung the election for U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, Sen. Jon Tester in Montana, and Sen. Heidi Heitkamp in North…
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Free Speech Principles Are Not Just for Students (Opinion)
Free Speech Principles Are Not Just for Students (Opinion)
A day after the massacre of 19 children and two teachers at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, NBC News reporter Frank Thorpe V posted a synopsis of an exchange with former U.S. Senator Heidi Heitkamp on Twitter.
Of course, Heitkamp was right. She no longer has to answer reporters’ questions about voting against gun control measures. But should she answer my question directly?
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Let Bob Goodlatte know what you think of him holding up the Savanna’s Act
Phone: (202) 225-5431
#native americans#abuse#bob goodlatte#heidi heitkamp#native women#indigenous women#MMIW#aboriginal women#native american#ndn
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It is really hard to disentangle partisan posturing from principled stances in these cases. A few hours after I read and posted this, I was thinking about it and something occurred to me. Two of the prominent Democrats who now express regret over Franken are Heidi Heitkamp and Claire McCaskill. Both of them lost their senate seats in November 2018. Both of them voted against Kavanaugh, after some public speculation they might support him. In both cases there's some evidence to suggest that their votes against Kavanaugh tipped the election against them.
Maybe one reason that Heitkamp and McCaskill regret railroading Franken is that it made it impossible a year later to support Kavanaugh. Electorally it probably would've been better for both of them to support Kav. But by piling on Franken, they hitched their wagons to "believe women automatically, zero tolerance for sexual harassers." Once they took that stance, there was no way they could reverse course a year later when the allegations against Kav came out. Even worse, as Democrats they sure as heck couldn't support Kav. Imagine the response they would've received: hey you threw a guy from your own team under the bus on pretty flimsy evidence of wrongdoing, but now you're defending a guy from the other side who's been accused of the same thing because the evidence is too flimsy??
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"This Week" Listings: Sen. Mark Warner and Rep. Nancy Mace Sunday on "This Week" with Co-Anchor Martha Raddatz
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When will Democrats be held accountable for their pay to play bribery?
Crowdfunding sites like gofundme are the new go to for Democrat bribery campaigns. They tried to bribe Susan Collins to vote no on Kavanaugh by giving her millions. Luckily she is an honest woman of integrity. Kamala Harris is the opposite in every way. She delightfully carries the torch of Democrat corruption passed to her by Hillary Clinton. She bribed Heidi Heitkamp of ND for her no vote to the tune of $400,000. Read about it in this article from American Thinker:
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/10/more_bribery_kamala_harris_hands_400000_to_heidi_heitkamp.html
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