The Friday, June 26, 2009 edition of The Wall Street Journal features an article titled, The Climate Change Climate Change. For more on this issue, read Public Interest Institutes's Iowa Climate Change Advisory Council Recommendations: Warmed Over and Wrong Again.
This week Mr. (Steve) Fielding issued a statement: He would not be voting
for the bill. He would not risk job losses on "unconvincing green science." The
bill is set to founder as the Australian parliament breaks for the winter.
- The Wall Street Journal
As the U.S. House of Representatives passes a climate-change bill on June 26, 2009. The Wall Street Journal reports "the Australian Parliament is preparing to kill its own country's carbon-emissions scheme. Why? A growing number of Australian politicians, scientists and citizens once again doubt the science of human-caused global warming."
Martin Feldstein: Cap-and-trade = protectionism? - Business Standard
The cap-and-trade system imposes a carbon tax without having to admit that it is really a tax, raising the possibility of serious risks to international ...
"There is a serious danger that the international adoption of cap-and-tradeCap-and-trade does more harm than good - Philadelphia Inquirer
legislation to limit carbon-dioxide emissions will trigger a new round of
protectionist measures. While aimed at reducing long-term environmental damage, cap-and-trade policies could produce significant harmful economic effects in the
near term that would continue into the future." - Martin Feldstein
Cap and trade will not save the earth - Examiner.com
The dangers are clearly moving forward with 'cap and trade.' As Alliant Energy spokesman reported on KGAN on June 26, 2009, the green portion is good, however, Alliant is concerned about the "trade" portion. The impact of a Carbon Tax will have a negativeimpact on the consumer with a regressive tax that could become very costly and have a negative impact on American jobs.
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