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Rahall is a firm believer in anthropogenic [[climate change]] 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|publisher=Register Herald|access-date=October 14, 2010}}</ref>
Rahall called the [[Environmental Protection Agency]] "callous", attacked 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 web|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|work=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}}
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