Waxman-Markey Admits Waxman-Markey is a Jobs Destroyer
The Center for American Progress claims “The Waxman-Markey bill will create jobs by spurring investment in renewables and efficiency.” And its true. Our own Center… Read More
The Center for American Progress claims “The Waxman-Markey bill will create jobs by spurring investment in renewables and efficiency.” And its true. Our own Center… Read More
Title IV, Subtitle B, Part 2, Section 426 of the Waxman-Markey cap and trade legislation: An eligible worker (specifically, workers who lose their jobs as… Read More
What do you do when you want to pass some of the costliest legislation in history that will strip $4300 away from the average family… Read More
Policymakers made it quite clear consumers will be hurt by a cap and trade bill. They also made it clear that this isn’t an environmental… Read More
KILLS MORE JOBS AND KILLS THE ECONOMY Cap and Tax Top Ten List Cap and Trade Is a Massive Energy Tax It Will Not Make… Read More
Warning from Dr. Enno Harders, a lead official from German Emissions Trading Authority, who experienced troubled initiating a German cap and trade system: Early cap… Read More
After making changes to draft legislation of the Waxman-Markey cap and trade climate legislation, the economic impact of the new draft (the Son of Waxman-Markey)… Read More
From ABCNews: President Obama will issue the toughest emission and mileage standards in history for new cars sold in the United States on Tuesday, in… Read More
The difference between the price of a gallon of milk at a local grocery store and a corner market or convenient store may be modest,… Read More
A national energy tax, which masks as a cap-and-trade program, could produce a substantial public backlash. According to a recent CNN poll, a majority of… Read More
There have been a lot of numbers floating around measuring the costs of cap and trade. For instance, a study by MIT professor John Reilly… Read More
We’re mortgaging our children’s future. We’ve heard that phrase time and time again. President Obama used it just yesterday acknowledging that the U.S. debt load… Read More
In an attempt to win over the public, manufacturers and garner more Congressional support, House Energy and Commerce Committee chairman Henry Waxman reduced the short-term… Read More
In response to the Waxman-Markey cap and trade bill to reduce carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions, GOP lawmakers Bob Inglis of South Carolina… Read More
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) member Gregory Jaczko has been chosen by President Obama to be the next Chairman of the NRC. Before joining the NRC’s… Read More
Last year, the US Senate tried to advance a national energy tax, which masquerades as a cap-and-trade program, sponsored by Senators Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) and… Read More
Nothing. Zip. Zero. Zilch. There are no benefits for the American people in the Waxman-Markey energy tax bill. Whenever defenders of the free market point… Read More
According to the latest reports from Capitol Hill, House Democrats are busy gutting the Waxman-Markey energy tax bill in an effort to keep its economic… Read More
If former presidential candidate Ralph Nader, the greenest of all the greens, the man who played an integral role in starting the Environmental Protection Agency… Read More
The economic costs associated with a cap and trade policy are real. Republicans and Democrats alike realize this and have urged caution that a bill… Read More
Although not necessarily what you think of when it comes to big oil, suppliers to extract and produce oil come in all sizes – including… Read More
The front page of the New York Times today has an article on China building cleaner coal-fired plants. The title and the article are fairly… Read More
Earlier today we noted that a recent MIT study showed that cap and trade energy tax proposals would cost the average American household $3,900 per… Read More
The Natural Resources Defense Council recently went after The Heritage Foundation after hosting an event with Dr. Gabriel Calzada, author of a study that concluded… Read More
Today the Obama administration’s Department of Interior announced that it would keep a Bush administration rule forbidding government scientists from considering global warming when protecting… Read More
Any honest economist will tell you that a carbon cap and trade scheme, if it works perfectly, functions the same as an energy tax. The… Read More
When it comes global warming, two debates are currently taking place. At the forefront is the political debate. Current legislation introduced by House Democrats Ed… Read More
The 2009 Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) is wrapping up in Houston, Texas and unsurprisingly, the message down here remains: drill, baby, drill. But that message… Read More
The reason cap-and-trade and carbon tax have been used interchangeably in the global warming debate is because they are essentially the same thing: a massive… Read More
The BBC reports: An expedition team which set sail from Plymouth on a 5,000-mile carbon emission-free trip to Greenland have been rescued by an oil… Read More
