By saying that Shawn Garvin, Carney’s nomination for secretary of the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, is unfit because he was a member of Obama’s EPA which the GOP thinks is “the most anti-business EPA in history” is nothing short of an attack on clean air and clean water in Delaware.
Delaware State News reported that Sen. Colin Bonini said the following after voting against Shawn Garvin for secretary of the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control:
“I have no concern with Shawn. I think he was a smart guy, I don’t think there was any problem with him personally at all. He seemed like a nice guy. My concern was … we’re talking about a high-level EPA officer in the Obama administration, and the EPA in the Obama administration was probably the most anti-business EPA in history.”
As you’ll see in the rest of this post, Obama’s EPA has made great strides in protecting our air and water. So what part of clean water and clean air do Bonini and the Republicans not like? Make no mistake of this, fighting against the Senate Republicans on Garvin’s appointment is a fight in the resistance to Trump.
Donviti had a post about how environmental standards in Delaware have improved under Obama. Here’s a nice chart that shows how the air our seniors and children breath in Delaware has improved.
Here’s a list of some of Obama’s accomplishments in protecting the environment:
- Cutting mercury emissions for power plants
- Stimulus package for green economy
- Cutting CO2 emissions from new cars
- Clean Power Plan that cuts emissions from new power plants
- Strengthening the Toxic Substance Control Act