Senator Lindsey Graham takes issue with statements by the Environmental Protection Agency top administrator Lisa Jackson, who has been on an Environmental Justice Tour in South Carolina. She told SCRN and other media that her agency’s planned tighter restrictions on carbon emissions are meant for larger companies. Graham says this does not square with the understanding of SC Department of Environmental Control’s Bureau of Air Quality. DHEC says the new regulations cover small businesses, churches and schools, with no benefits.
Graham says the greater issue is that Congress should make clean air policies, not the EPA. Jackson says she does not disagree with that.
Senator Graham says he is just as concerned about Congress “getting into the game” and making environmental policy. He says next week he will offer legislation to address carbon emissions and other energy policy issues, but in a business-friendly way.
Senator Graham called a last-minute press conference at the Columbia Metropolitan Airport, on his way back to Washington.
