Subject: More Dem Dissent on Cap and Trade and the weekly Chilling Effect cartoon
From: "editor@thechillingeffect.org"
Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 15:32:27 -0500
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May 4, 2009

 
    * Sounds like heaven, right … “Most of the talk about global warming remedies is just hype. Any serious action would entail reducing immigration, energy taxes, stopping the construction of new houses, starting a massive program to build ultra-low-energy apartment houses, stopping the production of eight-cylinder engines, and ensuring that every car built in the world will be a hybrid.”
    * Robert Samuelson: The bias against oil and gas
    * … meanwhile … “Fears Of Immigration’s Impact On The Environment Are Unfounded”
    * Green jobs cause economic blues
    * Is it all just an image problem? Livesience.com says “global warming prompts some people think of gay rights and long-haired liberals, neither of which some of those people are fond of”
    * Check out Watts Up With That?’s latest quote of the week
    * Australia delays carbon trading
    * Carbon trading could hurt coal industry
    * Can’t we all just get along? Apparently some do on “black coal”
 
 
The head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee recognizes the economic pains of Waxman-Markey and doesn’t want to sacrifice vulnerable House Dems to votes that are sure to result in higher energy bills and lost jobs. According to The Politico, the tension came to a head last week as Waxman told DCCC Chairman Van Hollen that he didn’t like the dissent bubbling up over his cap and trade baby…not one bit.
 
“In the run-up to the meeting, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) argued in several newspaper interviews that the House should move cautiously on a cap-and-trade bill if it doesn’t look like the Senate will approve it. Van Hollen doesn’t want vulnerable House Democrats — especially the freshmen under his care — to be forced to take difficult votes on the measure if it’s not going to pass anyway.
 
“But Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman, a 34-year veteran of the House who knocked off his longtime predecessor last fall to push an ambitious climate change bill, took umbrage with Van Hollen’s public stance during Thursday’s leadership meeting, people present said…
 
 “…But most present saw the flare-up between Waxman and Van Hollen as the inevitable result of tension that had been building around the bill for months…”
 
With friends like these…
 
 
 
Read our recap on the proceedings from last week’s event “The Roadmap to Climate Policy in the 111th Congress” to get perspective of those trying to pass laws that will increase the cost of carbon...
 
 
Big breaking news from Climate Depot on a page-1 correction from the NYT. You know what’s better than getting a correction from the NYT? Getting them to not make mistakes about global warming and its skeptics in the fist place.
 
 
Al Gore faces some tough questions on his financial conflict of interest:
 
    At the cap-and-trade hearings, it was revealed that not everyone will suffer from this growth-killing energy tax. A congresswoman wanted to know why sea levels aren’t rising but Gore’s bank account is.
 
Congrats to Rep. Marshal Blackburn, who asked some much-needed questions of King Al.
 
 
Get the info from Tom Nelson (h/t: Climate Depot)