C-SPAN misleads America about Al Gore « Green Hell Blog

C-SPAN is right now (11am ET) broadcasting the House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on the Waxman-Markey Bill. When Al Gore is on screen, C-SPAN describes him only as the “Founder and Chairman” of the Alliance for Climate Protection — conveniently ignoring his role as a partner in the venture capital firm of Kleiner Perkins and Generation Investment Management, both of which stand to profit handsomely from global warming legislation.

YouTube - Rep. Blackburn Questions Al Gore on [his cashing in on the climate scam]

Rep. Marsha Blackburn challenged Former Vice President Al Gore's contribution to environmental charities during an exchange at a subcommittee hearing on global climate change legislation.

Newt: Climate Bill ‘Huge Mistake,’ Let’s Go For ‘Green Coal’ - Environmental Capital - WSJ

The draft Waxman-Markey energy and climate bill is a “huge mistake” and a big “energy tax” that will “increase the cost of living and maybe kill jobs,” former House speaker Newt Gingrich told the House committee behind the bill.

Sparks started to fly—it is day four of the hearings, after all—as Mr. Gingrich laid into plans to change America’s energy mix and put a price on carbon emissions.

Mr. Gingrich said he stopped reading the 646-page bill when it charged the government with regulating the energy use of jacuzzis. (Rep. Inslee of Washington offered him an efficient hot spa that “won’t offend you.”) Mr. Gingrich also said he favored carrots over sticks to change America’s energy use: “We didn’t build the trans-continental railroad by punishing stage coaches.”

“Well I am glad you’re not in charge of foreign policy,” chairman Henry Waxman of California retorted, since punitive options are crucial leverage.

“I don’t think of the American people in the same terms as foreign dictators,” Mr. Gingrich replied.