Longtime Enviro Activist: Carbon Trading, Wind Farms 'Verging on a Gigantic Scam' | NewsBusters.org

Take that Al Gore, and Barack Obama, and John McCain, and Joe Lieberman, and .....

New Scientist says that the 90 year-old Lovelock has "a trip into space scheduled for later in the year." If this feat gets the expected press attention, it will be interesting to see how the media treats his environmental views, and whether they note the irony of "The Prophet of Climate Change" likely burning large amounts of fossil fuel to power his voyage.

The high costs of climate change policies - OregonLive.com

There is no getting around it: both carbon taxes and cap-and-trade programs raise energy prices. If either program is put into effect, households, businesses, and the public sector will have steeper power bills and will pay more to drive their vehicles. To meet the reduction
goals, the costs will have to be very steep. In a recent study I co-authored with Randall Pozdena, we calculated that meeting the goals would mean Oregon's economic growth would be cut almost in half. In turn, state and local governments would collect $4.4 billion less in
revenues.

Numerous businesses are shrinking, closing shop, or exiting the state, leaving Oregon with almost double digit unemployment. Higher energy prices under a carbon tax or cap-and-trade program will only make things worse.
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Eric Fruits, Ph.D. is a Portland-based economist.