George Allen -- IBDeditorials.com: Low Energy Costs Key To States' Success

During his campaign, President-elect Barack Obama said electricity prices will "skyrocket" and his plans would "bankrupt the coal industry." It was a stunning revelation on the impact of a "cap and trade" system on jobs and our economy.
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Our coal-based electricity generating plants are 70% cleaner today than in 1970, based on emissions per unit of energy produced.

We can keep energy costs down and encourage research and development by meeting our growing electricity needs with the most efficient and lowest cost resource available to us now: American coal.

Rather than policies that cause skyrocketing electric bills and job losses, let's enact policies that use American resources to create American jobs for America's economic competitiveness and security.

For the country's economic competitiveness, more base-load electricity should be powered by American clean coal and advanced nuclear plants.

Allen served as Virginia's governor and U.S. senator.

Global warming ideas disputed by PSU prof - Fosters

While a large number of people, including some scientists, believe that we are in an unprecedented period of global warming caused primarily by humans, Dr. James Koermer, a meteorology professor at Plymouth State University, would beg to differ.

During a presentation at the university on Wednesday, Koermer explained why there are a growing number scientists, such as himself, who don't subscribe to the popular theory on global warming.

Another Dissenter: Astrophysicist says put IPCC reports 'in the trash!'

In the only country still debating whether global warming is man-made, according to SJSU professor Alex Gershenson, another contest to discuss it was held Tuesday night at San Jose's Rotary Club.

The event, put on by The Conservative Forum of Silicon Valley, saw two speakers on each side of the issue go head-to-head for 90 minutes on the validity of global warming and its attribution to the activities of humans.

"No other civilized, developed country is having these kinds of debates, period," said Gershenson, an environmental studies professor at SJSU. "It is very frustrating. The overall understanding of how science works is very low in this country."
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"What I'd do with the IPCC report is to put it in the trash can because that's all it's worth," said Dennis Hollars, who holds a doctorate in astrophysics from New Mexico State University.
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"CO2 has never led to an increase in temperature, based on historical record," said Robert Cohen, a certified consulting meteorologist.[Via Marc Morano]

Alex Gershenson

Ph.D. Candidate UCSC, Santa Cruz CA Environmental Studies : March 2003-Present

Graduate Student : UCSC, Santa Cruz CA. Environmental Studies : Sep. 2001-March 2003

B.S. Cum Laude, Natural Resource Management: Conservation and Applied Ecology : Rutgers University, Cook College, New Brunswick, NJ.1997-2001