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- Washington Bill Would Open Up Possibility of Regressive, Harmful Cap-and-Trade Program or Carbon-Dioxide Tax Sat, 14 Mar 20, 12:00amResearch and commentary by Tim Benson A bill introduced in the Washington House of Representatives would give the state Department of Ecology (DOE) the authority to create either a carbon-dioxide tax or cap-and-trade system,...
- COP25 Press Release: The UN Push for an All Powerful Global Carbon Market Sat, 30 Nov 19, 9:00amGuest essay by Eric Worrall Chilling mission almost complete press release from the United Nations. UN CLIMATE PRESS RELEASE / 29 NOV, 2019 COP25 to Be the Launchpad for Significantly more Climate Ambition Bonn/ Madrid,...
- California ‘veered’ out of its lane in climate pact with Quebec: U.S. lawsuit Fri, 25 Oct 19, 4:00pmFrom Reuters Timothy Gardner, Valerie Volcovici, Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Wednesday sued California for entering a climate agreement with Canada’s Quebec province, saying the state...
- The Oregon Standoff Continues Mon, 24 Jun 19, 11:00amFrom ABC via MSN News We covered this story a couple of days ago. Republican state senators have gone into hiding to avoid capture. It’s TV drama time. Without a quorum, the legislature cannot legally vote on the bill....
- Oregon Democrats Order State Police to Force Republican Senators to Return, to Pass a CO2 Cap and Trade Bill Sat, 22 Jun 19, 11:00amGuest essay by Eric Worrall A group of Republican senators are refusing to attend a session, denying Democrat senators the quorum required to pass a climate change bill...
- California lawmakers are turning cap-and-trade into the slush fund critics long feared Mon, 17 Jun 19, 11:00pmFrom the LA Times For years, critics of California’s cap-and-trade program have lambasted it as a government slush fund. They say that politicians are able to dip into it to fund their pet projects or raid it to fill the...
- On oldie, but a goody… “7 years later, failed Waxman-Markey bill still”… FAILED Mon, 7 Jan 19, 12:30pmGuest nostalgia by David Middleton When writing my last post on Nancy Peolosi’s Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, I ran across this gem… CLIMATE 7 years later, failed Waxman-Markey bill still makes waves...
- Confessions of an author’s serial meetings with Russians Tue, 18 Jul 17, 11:00pmBy Larry Hamlin With all the focus these days by the mainstream media on exposing Americans that have had undisclosed meetings with Russians a little clearing of the air seems to be in order...
- Moonbeam Brown Unhinged: ‘Existence of humanity rests on extending California’s cap and tax law’ Sun, 16 Jul 17, 1:14amGuest essay by Larry Hamlin, Existence of humanity rests on extending Governor Brown’s cap and tax law. Just watch Jerry Brown in his rant over the issue on July 14th: California Governor Brown presented testimony...
- Aussie Carbon Pricing is Back Tue, 15 Dec 15, 1:43amGuest essay by Eric Worrall Remember back when Australian voters thought they were electing a government which was committed to abolishing carbon taxes? The following are the words of Australia’s Environment Minister...
- Will Obama’s energy plan save you money? Wed, 5 Aug 15, 8:00amGuest essay by Eric Worrall Back in 2009, Obama said that his energy plan will cause energy bills to skyrocket. In 2015, Obama says his energy plan will save you money (from 14:45) The following is a condensed version of...
- Response to the SOTU address: Efforts to cap CO2 emissions are adverse to human health and welfare Fri, 31 Jan 14, 2:10pmOPINION By Craig D. Idso, Ph.D. In his State of the Union address, President Obama advocated an energy policy aimed at reducing emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), which he claims are causing catastrophic changes to the earth’s...
- EPA to be challenged at SCOTUS over climate change Wed, 16 Oct 13, 4:37amFrom Reuters (h/t to reader John) U.S. justices to hear challenge to Obama on climate change Tue, Oct 15 11:06 AM EDT By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) – In a blow to the Obama administration, the Supreme Court...
- Lawsuit challenges California cap and trade program – “…only way to capture CARB’s attention.” Mon, 22 Apr 13, 2:30amWhile the EU carbon trading market began its death spiral this week, much like the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX) where it ended up at a nickel per ton when the exchange died and closed per good, CARB’s director, Mary...
- Obama By-Passes Gas Mon, 18 Mar 13, 2:31amGuest Post by Willis Eschenbach President Obama continues his Global War on Cheap Energy™, this time under the guise of avoiding “spikes” in gasoline (petrol) prices. He wants to pass gas without regrets and...