Amid a pretty could floor speech against Waxman-Markey, Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) inexplicably said that “removing CO2 from the atmosphere is a noble endeavor.”
God save us from our friends…
Scaredy-CAT: USCAP member switches on W-M
Energy & Environment News reports that heavy-equipment manufacturer Caterpillar now opposes Waxman-Markey:
“We cannot endorse this bill in its current form,” Caterpillar Chairman and CEO Jim Owens wrote in a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) yesterday. “Despite our efforts to improve portions of the bill, specific provisions relating to non-road equipment, black carbon, border measures and other critical issues remain problematic.”
Owens was a fool to ever think that global warming legislation would work for his company.
BTW, Greenpeace also now opposes W-M because it
…has been so heavily influenced by the coal and oil industries…
Butterfield: W-M ‘literally will save the planet’
Rep. G.K. Butterfield says that Waxman-Markey “literally will save the planet.”
Phew…
McCotter: W-M ‘nuts on its face’
Rep. Thadeus McCotter (R-MI) declaimed Waxman-Markey as “nuts on its face.”
Inslee: W-M opponents lack imagination
Rep. Jay Inslee (D-WA) today said that opponents of Waxman-Markey lack imagination. We went to the moon, why can’t we get off foreign oil, he asked.
Latest: Dems lacks votes…
Carbon Control News reports at 1:35pm ET that
… the majority currently lacks the votes to pass the landmark cap-and-trade proposal.
But Politico reports that
Dems smell victory…
Stay tuned…
Waxman-Markey is Obama photo-op
A Texas congressman said that W-M is no more than a photo-op for Obama in Copenhagen while the Chinese and Indians laugh behind our back.
Dingell: Waxman-Markey is USCAP-approved
Rep. John Dingell (D-General Motors) said that the endorsement of Waxman-Markey by USCAP (i.e., our eco-industrial Big Brother) proves the bill is worthy. Dingell also threatened EPA regulation.
Engel: Trust and hope…
Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY) urged support for Waxman-Markey on the hope that it can be improved after it is enacted…
Pick your poison: Waxman-Markey or else…
Rep. Rick Boucher (D-VA) said that if Congress didn’t vote for Waxman-Markey, EPA would regulate CO2 under the Clean Air Act — i.e., with little consideration for economics.
How about a third option — no CO2 regulation at all?
Greens not worried about weak climate bill…
… because, as reported in Carbon Control News this morning:
… they trust that their allies in Congress, including Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) who co-sponsored by the bill, and the White House will develop and implement the package in a way that is environmentally protective.
Any CEO that think he’s cut a deal on climate is in for a big surprise…
Dems claim to have 218 votes…
… so reports Politico.com.