Posted by Laurie Johnson in Green Enterprise , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy
On Monday, April 26th, Senators Kerry, Graham and Lieberman (KGL) are expected to release their proposed climate legislation. If properly crafted, climate legislation will reduce dangerous global warming pollution, increase national security by reducing oil consumption, help kick start America’s...
Posted by Laurie Johnson in Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy
The Heritage Foundation's May 13, 2009 Web Memo "analysis" of the precedent-setting Waxman-Markey Bill, the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES, HR. 2454), not surprisingly gets it all backwards. An engine of economic growth, job creation, energy security, and...
Posted by Laurie Johnson in Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy
Despite growing momentum by the new administration and Congress to take bold action that will bring us into a new clean energy future, opponents of comprehensive energy and climate legislation repeatedly predict rising costs, citing studies that appear to provide...
Posted by Laurie Johnson in Green Enterprise , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy
Today EPA released an analysis of what the economy might look like if the proposed Waxman Markey bill were enacted. This legislation would finally put a cap on dangerous global warming pollution, driving investments that will create millions of clean...
Posted by Laurie Johnson in Green Enterprise , Solving Global Warming , U.S. Law and Policy
Newt Gingrich's assertion that climate legislation will result in a $1,300 tax per household is voodoo economics--designed to scare us into believing climate protection is "just too expensive."In Newt's nightmare tax math, the economic value of the carbon market just...
