Sen. Scott Brown will support effort to block EPA power grab

Sen. Scott Brown plans to support a controversial resolution that would restrict the ability of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to regulate greenhouse gases.

In an op-ed in the Cape Cod Times, Brown said giving too much power to regulators might end up hurting businesses and the economy.

“This action would give an unelected and unaccountable government agency the power to impose restrictive and damaging carbon dioxide regulations that will drive up energy prices and hurt job-creating small businesses in our country,” Brown wrote.

The Massachusetts Republican has been under enormous pressure from both supporters and critics of the measure. A liberal union group has launched an last-minute TV advertising blitz to convince Brown to vote against the resolution.