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Cap-and-trade

  • PowerPoint Presentation: The Science of Climate Change

          2015x-(3) The-Science-of-Climate-Change with notes Please click on the link above. You will need a PowerPoint program to view the slides – or you may  download a free viewer here. The slides will display as set in your viewer. Explanations of the slides are in the notes section. Read more

  • A Politically Viable Alternative to Cap and Trade

    Dr. Theda Skocpol’s research shows that Congress is too polarized to ever pass cap and trade legislation . She said the best choice to reduce carbon emissions would be a carbon tax with the revenue generated to be distributed equally to all US taxpayers as an energy dividend.. Read more

  • Book Review: The Greatest Hoax by Sen. James Inhofe

    This article is a critical review of “The Greatest Hoax: How the Global Warming Conspiracy Threatens Your Future” by Senator James Inhofe. It examines several of the major ideas in the book and provides “the rest of the story”. Read more

  • The 2010 Environmental Hall of Fame/Shame Winners

    The winner of the Environmental Hall of Fame Award is RealClimate.org, a website that gives factual information on climate science. The recipient in the Hall of Shame Category was the Koch Brothers, for secretly funding candidates and organizations who dispute the facts of climate science. Read more

  • It's Not Cap-and-Tax and Reagan Made It Work

    The U.S. has been unable to make much progress on environmental issues because of opposition by our Republican leaders.Our current Congressional leaders, particularly those who would ignore science or derogatorily call Reagan’s system “cap-and -tax”, should look to Reagan as an example. Read more

  • Should the EPA Limit Carbon Emissions?

    The U.S. Republican leaders are blocking climate legislation, leaving the EPA in the position of having to regulate carbon emissions. Many Republicans in Congress are unhappy with the EPA and are now claiming the EPA regulation of CO2 is a “power grab”. Read more

  • Have Republicans Abandoned Conservative Values?

    Conservation has always been a core Republican value but recently the Republican leadership has abandoned the idea. Read more

  • The Republican Flip/Flop on Cap-and-Trade

    Republicans who once endorsed cap-and-trade have flip flopped on their support, putting the economy and the environment at risk. Republican leaders flopped by trying to mislead voters on the cost and need to flip back to cooperating on the cap-and-trade bill. Read more

  • Lord Monckton: A British Sophist in the U.S. Congress

    Sophists: Originally, a sophist was someone wise or clever. With the rise of Democracy in Athens, sophists found it profitable to serve aspiring politicians. For a fee, they would argue on behalf of their patron or provide constructed arguments, or talking points, if the politician wished to appear learned. Expert Sophists claimed that, by skilled… Read more

  • Is EPA Regulation of CO2 a "Power Grab"?

    Congressman Frank Lucas (R-OK), in Frankly Speaking (3/10/2010), wants to rein in what he calls “the EPA power grab” to limit carbon emissions. That is hardly the case. The Supreme Court, in Massachusetts v. EPA, ordered the environmental protection agency to make a determination as to whether carbon dioxide is a pollutant. The EPA has… Read more