While “clean energy”
companies are ready for a $150 billion bailout from a new administration, a former EPA deputy
administrator reminds us: “The government isn’t very good” at energy
research…Tasty Debate: Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups Mock Global Warming…TIME Asks:
“Will Green Progress Be Stalled or Speeded by the Bad Economy?...Is The Economy Ford Tough?:
Ford Accelerates F150 Production…China’s increase in carbon dioxide emissions over the
next 20 years will exceed current US emissions
Dr. Margo Thorning of ACCF writes
yesterday:
“Last week, Barack
Obama declared that he would classify carbon dioxide as a dangerous pollutant to be regulated by
EPA, a major reversal of policy from the Bush administration that could dramatically change the
everyday lives of Americans.
“While the Clean Air
Act has been appropriately used to curb smog, pollution, acid rain and ozone depletion, using it to
combat greenhouse gases makes about as much sense as using a power drill to do brain surgery.
“Make no mistake, any
policy aimed at reducing manmade GHG, whether it is a cap-and- trade system or a carbon tax, is
going to be costly, but using the blunt and heavy regulatory hand of the Clean Air Act will have a
tremendous economic impact not just on large carbon emitters, but on our very
lifestyles…”
The latest news:
“Scientists at MIT have recorded a nearly
simultaneous world-wide increase in methane levels. This is the first increase in ten years, and
what baffles science is that this data contradicts theories stating man is the primary source of
increase for this greenhouse gas. It takes about one full year for gases generated in the highly
industrial northern hemisphere to cycle through and reach the southern hemisphere. However, since
all worldwide levels rose simultaneously throughout the same year, it is now believed this may be
part of a natural cycle in mother nature - and not the direct result of man’s
contributions…”
Hat tip: Marc Morano, who hat-tipped Tom
Nelson.
The view from the left, with insights for
anyone concerned about how economic and environmental policy is likely to be shaped after the
election.