Senate Commerce Republicans Call on NASA to Abandon Biden Admin’s Costly Climate Change Rule

U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) along with 12 Republicans sent the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) a letter on Monday asking the agency to abandon a proposed climate change rule.
The rule, initiated Nov. 14 by NASA in conjunction with the Department of Defense (DOD) and General Services Administration (GSA), implements a requirement for government contractors to disclose extensive information about greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and climate-related financial risk as a condition for receiving a contract.
“Congress never granted NASA or the other partnering agencies the statutory authority to set the GHG emission standards for themselves or their contractors,” Commerce Republicans wrote in the letter to NASA Administrator Bill Nelson….}