Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli filed a motion Thursday and released a statement Friday regarding his ongoing battle with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Beginning back in February, the Commonwealth filed a lawsuit against the EPA over their assertion that carbon dioxide in the air is a danger to public health and welfare – which they say gives them authority to impose Draconian regulations on vehicles. The AG and the State of Alabama think otherwise and are challenging that decision.
But the dilemma is what data should the court use in making its ruling?
In the wake of the “Climate-gate” scandal, where East Anglia climatoligists in Great Britain admitted to cooking the books on climate change, Cuccinelli argues that the existing data is flawed and must be corrected for a fair ruling in the existing lawsuit to be rendered.
“Whatever the final decision is by the EPA, we want it to be based on sound scientific data, not data that has been sifted through a political filter,” said Mr. Cuccinelli.
The EPA’s regulation of carbon dioxide could end up costing businesses and every Virginian household hundreds of millions of dollars in potentially unnecessary fees and increased energy costs, and could price industries such as manufacturing, agriculture, energy, and others out of business, destroying the jobs they provide to Virginians. Costs to Virginia households to heat homes, buy groceries, and power appliances are projected to increase by thousands of dollars a year under the likely regulations said the Attorney General’s office.
