By a vote of 53-47, the Senate today rejected a resolution to gut the Clean Air Act, and strip the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to regulate the greenhouse gases that are contributing to climate change.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) has announced that as soon as the Senate returns from the Memorial Day break she will force a vote on a resolution to stop the Environmental Protection Agency from capping global warming pollution. That’s odd. As the public is waiting to see how the government will respond to the most massive oil spill in our history, an oozing killer that is turning Louisiana’s state bird, the brown pelican, into the black pelican, it appears that Murkowski is asking for more of the same.

A few weeks ago I discussed a pending threat from Sen. Murkowski, and it looks like time is short. As you’ll recall, this should-be/ would-be climate champ is leading the charge to prevent the EPA from moving ahead on climate action. This is especially disconcerting, considering her home state of Alaska is feeling and will continue to feel the impacts of climate change far more than most places — just ask folks in Shishmaref and other towns falling into the sea!

One of our country’s most successful and long-running health and environmental laws is under attack and the Wilderness Society wants you to know what you can do to help protect it

First some background: The Clean Air Act, which defines the EPA’s responsibilities for protecting air quality, has been protecting the public from unchecked, dangerous pollution for nearly 40 years.