Editing Nick Rahall (section)

===Environmental issues===
Rahall accepts anthropogenic [[climate change]] as real and has stated that to reject the [[Scientific opinion on climate change|scientific consensus regarding it]] is "to just put your head in the sand."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.register-herald.com/todaysfrontpage/x935815715/U-S-HOUSE-CANDIDATE-CONVERSATIONS-Nick-Rahall|title=U.S. HOUSE CANDIDATE CONVERSATIONS — Nick Rahall|date=October 14, 2010 |publisher=Register Herald|access-date=October 14, 2010}}</ref>

Rahall called the [[United States Environmental Protection Agency|Environmental Protection Agency]] "callous", attacked [[Barack Obama]]'s greenhouse gas rule as "disastrous", and filed legislation to block the president's climate agenda, but in the summer of 2013 he attended a ceremony to rename the EPA headquarters and has praised EPA Administrator [[Gina McCarthy]].<ref name=politico/> Rahall, alongside three other Democrats, supported a GOP bill that would limit EPA authority on {{CO2}} emissions, the [[Energy Tax Prevention Act]]. He commented on this, saying: "I am dead set against the E.P.A.'s plowing ahead on its own with new regulations to limit greenhouse gases."<ref name=wapo1>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/03/AR2011030302312.html|title=Dems join GOP in fight to block EPA climate rules|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=October 2, 2014}}</ref> He also voted against the [[American Clean Energy and Security Act]].

In 2007, Rahall introduced the [[Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007]], which banned [[incandescent light bulb]]s. Despite introducing the legislation, Rahall voted against the bill on final passage. As a result of the legislation, as of January 1, 2014, incandescent light bulbs between 40 watts and 150 watts are illegal to manufacture or import.{{citation needed|date=January 2015}}

In 2013, Rahall voted for the [[Progressive Caucus|Progressive Caucus's]] budget, which included provisions for a carbon tax. The budget failed to pass.<ref>{{cite news|last=Boucher|first=David|title=Rahall to officially start re-election bid|url=http://blogs.charlestondailymail.com/capitolnotebook/2013/05/09/rahall-to-officially-start-re-election-bid/comment-page-1|access-date=May 23, 2014|newspaper=Charleston Daily Mail|date=September 3, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140523230017/http://blogs.charlestondailymail.com/capitolnotebook/2013/05/09/rahall-to-officially-start-re-election-bid/comment-page-1/|archive-date=May 23, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Kercheval|first=Hoppy|title=Rahall vote gives opponents ammo|url=http://wvmetronews.com/2013/05/01/rahall-vote-gives-opponents-ammo/|access-date=May 23, 2014|newspaper=West Virginia Metro News|date=January 5, 2013}}</ref>