 epa s costly over regulation the us house of representatives on wednesday debated a measure that would block the government from placing limits on carbon dioxide emissions from power plants and oil refineries michigan congressional representative fred upton introduced a bill that would prevent the environmental protection agency from regulating carbon dioxide as a pollutant under the clean air act the legislation would block the government from placing limits on carbon dioxide emissions from power plants and oil refineries it is likely the bill will pass the hose but it is unlikely it will survive in the senate where four amendments to a small business bill that sought to block or delay epa regulations of greenhouse gases for 2 years were defeated by the democratcontrolled senate for an article on the issue and the legislation by alex nixon of the kalamazoo gazette that appeared on mlivecom  click on the following story link titled ldquo  us house debates bill to block epa from limiting carbon dioxide pollution  rdquo 156  