Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) will replace skeptic champion Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) as ranking minority member on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. Vitter is also a reliable skeptic, but he is admittedly not as well-versed on climate as Inhofe. [Dredging Today]
Category: Climate & Energy
Carbon Tax is Pointless and Inflationary
By Steve Milloy
November 14, 2012, Investor’s Business Daily
Climate alarmists hope that Hurricane Sandy and President Obama’s re-election will coerce panicky congressional Republicans into a “carbon tax” deal in 2013. But simple math shows the tax would have no effect other than an inflationary one. Continue reading Carbon Tax is Pointless and Inflationary
Grover Norquist: Bonehead of the Day [UPDATE]
Petraeus et al. notwithstanding… Continue reading Grover Norquist: Bonehead of the Day [UPDATE]
Think tank to sue Treasury to make carbon tax proposal emails public
“A conservative Washington think tank will file suit Tuesday seeking to force Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to make public more than 7,300 internal emails circulated in recent months among senior executives in his department about a carbon tax proposal officials say taxpayers don’t need to know about.” [Washington Examiner]
Grover Norquist: Bonehead of the Day
Petraeus et al. notwithstanding… Continue reading Grover Norquist: Bonehead of the Day
Odd (and Not-too-Bright) Couple: Richard Muller & Mitch Daniels push nat gas by way of climate alarmism
Berkeley climate clown Richard Muller and befuddled Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels write in today’s Wall Street Journal [Our comments in bold brackets]: Continue reading Odd (and Not-too-Bright) Couple: Richard Muller & Mitch Daniels push nat gas by way of climate alarmism
Browner calls for federal fracking regulations
“Right now states are responsible for overseeing fracking. That means there could be 20 to 30 different state regulations imposed on fracking businesses. Why not develop one set of national requirements based on the best available science and technology and leave the oversight and enforcement up to the states?” [New York Times]
HSBC: Obama May Levy Carbon Tax to Cut U.S. Deficit, HSBC Says
“Barack Obama may consider introducing a tax on carbon emissions to help cut the U.S. budget deficit after winning a second term as president, according to HSBC Holdings Plc.” [Bloomberg]
HSBC must think that we live in a dictatorship.
WashPost Blog: Obama finally talks climate change. But what will he do about it?
“Yet doing anything bigger on climate change will likely require working with a Republican Congress.” [WashPost WonkBlog]
HuffPost: Obama Victory, Sandy Give Environmental Groups Hopes For Climate Change Action
In his victory address early Wednesday morning, Obama said “We want our children to live in an America … that isn’t threatened by the destructive power of a warming planet.” [Huffington Post]
WashTimes: Climate-change crybabies
“Mr. Mann’s lawsuit ought to be thrown out.” [Washington Times]
Naomi Klein: Communism to save windmills
“[A truly populist agenda] also means not just more renewable power but democratic community control over those projects.” [The Nation]
FLASHBACK: Naomi Klein: ‘If You Take Climate Change Seriously, You Have to Throw Out the Free-Market Playbook’
FLASHBACK: Naomi Klein admits: Greens are reds