Five-dollar-a-gallon gas, doubled electric rates, and 15% unemployment may be only the beginning of the cost of Cap and Trade.
Author: co2science; Tags: global warming climate change co2 carbon dioxide Copenhagen Kyoto Protocol
President to take immediate action to create jobs by investing in energy efficiency retrofits. The initiative is based the Welch-authored Retrofit for Energy and Environmental Performance Program (HR 1778), which was incorporated into the Waxman-Markey energy bill (HR 2454) and passed by the House this summer. By investing in energy efficiency, we can create jobs that cannot be exported and provide a much-needed boost to our economy, said Rep. Peter Welch, a member of the House Committee ...
Author: RepPeterWelch; Tags: Rep. Peter Welch Vermont Rebuilding America energy efficiency
An important message from Oyster Oil Company regarding the Waxman-Markey bill. Formally known as HR 2454: American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009.
Author: megangebhart; Tags: GLBSubtitle
Republican Senators David Vitter (La.) and John Barrasso (Wyo.) question the reach of climate proposals such as the House's Waxman-Markey and the Senate's Kerry-Boxer bills. Distributed by Tubemogul.
Author: talkradionews; Tags: youtube blip tv revver viddler dailymotion
to lend my support to one of the most important pieces of legislation ever introduced in the Congress. The problem is that the scope of the dangers from climate change as painted by Mr. Gore seem to far outstrip the remedies included in the Waxman-Markey bill, which would only gradually curb US greenhouse-gas emissions—and which dont include any formula for curbing emissions from developing countries. Mr. Gore spoke of ice melting at both poles. Just the collapse of the Western Antarctic ...
Author: fdarguellesjr; Tags: Al Gore global warming fraud club of rome New World Order government tax fart climate change liberal liar sun cyclical Congress Blackburn
As part of the DePauw Environmental Policy Project, students Anthony Baratta and Taylor Cantril interviewed Kerwin Olson, the project director for Citizens Action Coalition of Indiana on his opposition to Waxman-Markey.
Author: deppmedia; Tags: waxman-markey climate change renewable energy coal nuclear DePauw DEPP DEPPmedia
, REDD -- Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation -- is being developed so that residents of tropical forest properties can earn more money from the standing forest than from its removal. The REDD concept is part of the Waxman-Markey cap and trade bill, which would allow US companies to offset the carbon they emit by paying tropical countries and their citizens not to cut down their rainforests. A market-based system that includes REDD will also be on the agenda at the ...
Author: NewAmericaFoundation; Tags: Climate Change Global Warming Forrests Rain Brazil Kyoto Copenhagen REDD United States
IER's Robert Murphy discussing cap and trade's effect on the poor. A new study found cap-and-trade will transfer $14 billion from the lower 80% of Americans into the pockets of the upper 20%. The full study can be found here: tinyurl.com ("Who Benefits from Free Emission Allowances? An Economic Analysis of the Waxman-Markey Cap-and-Trade Program," by Andrew Chamberlain) Original air date: October 1, 2009 www.instituteforenergyresearch.org
