Group runs ad urging Sen. Brown to reject climate resolution

A D.C.-based liberal non-profit will be running TV ads tomorrow urging Sen. Scott Brown to vote no on a Senate resolution designed to prevent the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gas emissions.

The Senate is schedule to vote tomorrow on the resolution, sponsored by Alaskan Republican Lisa Murkowski, which would show congressional disapproval with the EPA’s finding that greenhouse gases are a danger to human health. The EPA is moving forward on the regulations as a backstop in case Congress does not pass meaningful climate legislation in the coming months.

Brown has not signaled which way he’ll vote on the resolution. A spokesman said he would be revealing his position soon, but not today. Yes, that means tomorrow, the day of the vote.

The $40,000 spot, paid for by Americans United for Change, taps into the anger over the BP oil spill and says the Murkowski bill will “gut the bipartisan clean air act – giving big oil a bailout.”

The resolution is deeply controversial. The White House this week issued a statement saying President Obama would veto it if it came before him.

The resolution, the White House statement said “would undermine the Administration’s efforts to reduce the negative impacts of pollution and the risks associated with environmental catastrophes, like the ongoing BP oil spill.

Murkowski said earlier this week that her bill was to prevent harm to the nation’s economy.

"Ultimately this resolution is about protecting the economy and preventing agency overreach. It's as simple as that," said Murkowski.

The spot is expected to air on a mix of broadcast and cable TV in Boston. Here it is.

* NOTE: An earlier version of this blog incorrectly described Americans United for Change as an environmental group.