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Republicans: Do Nothing … unless it is Drill and Kill …

June 4th, 2008 · 5 Comments

Just a short post to highlight something that is going on right now that merits attention.  Courtesy of CSPAN Radio, I (and others) have the opportunity to be listening to the ongoing proceedings of the US Senate.  Why?  Because I wanted to be listening to the debates and discussions on the Senate floor related to the [...]

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Tags: Congress · Energy · Uncategorized · environmental · government energy policy · lieberman-warner · politics

Making Climate Policy Economically Profitable

June 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Reality deniers are hard at work, with $100s of millions supporting them, arguing that doing something about global warming would be disastrous for the economy. Let us be clear: THIS IS FALSE! Smart climate policy will, even within traditional economic definitions, pay off for the economy. But, in fact, there are a multitude of payoffs [...]

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Tags: Energy · Global Warming · Uncategorized · analysis · business practice · cap and trade · climate change · conservation · electricity · emissions · energy efficiency · environmental · environmental justice

A pause re profitability …

June 4th, 2008 · No Comments

The Lieberman-Warner Climate inSecurity Act (CISA) can accurately be described as the Coal Subsidy Act. With all the embedded subsidies and support for the coal industry, why is the coal industry fighting the Coal Subsidy Act? In short: not enough.

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Tags: Congress · Energy · Global Warming · Uncategorized · analysis · astroturfing · climate change · climate delayers · coal · emissions · environmental · global warming deniers · government energy policy · lieberman-warner · politics · pollution

Truthiness into the inbox …

June 4th, 2008 · 6 Comments

It had seemed that ABEC had bit the dust, having been transformed into ACCCE. But, it seems that obituary might have been a bit too soon as my in-box just was filled with truthiness and deception from the astroturfing Americans for Balanced Energy Choices. Let’s take a brief look at this material from [...]

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Tags: Congress · Global Warming · Uncategorized · cap and trade · carbon dioxide · carbon tax · climate change · climate delayers · coal · environmental · global warming deniers · government energy policy · politics · pollution · truthiness

Waving a white flag … Samuelson and Global Warming

June 4th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Robert J. Samuelson simply doesn’t believe in America, in American ingenuity, in Americans ability to rise to challenges and solve problems.
From an acquaintance,
This week’s Newsweek magazine carries a column by Robert Samuelson, titled Just-Call It Cap-and-Tax. Samuelson likes to say he’s not an economist. In this column, he certainly showed that to be the case.
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Tags: Congress · Energy · Global Warming · analysis · carbon dioxide · carbon tax · clean emissions · climate change · climate delayers · emissions · environmental · global warming deniers · lieberman-warner