China hosts Carbon [Scam] Trade Summit 2009 | Simple Greeen

A global conference on carbon trade is held in Beijing in this April 1-2, 2009. China Carbon Trade Summit 2009 responses the emerging global market of carbon trading. Reports says estimation of global carbon trading market size will reach US$150 billion by 2012. This market potentially reach US$ 3 trillion over the next 20 years.

How about water vapor?: New greenhouse gases targeted by UN talks

BONN (AFP) – Delegates at UN climate talks on Tuesday targeted more than a dozen new industrial chemicals for inclusion in the successor to the Kyoto Protocol climate treaty, which runs out in 2012.

Bravo, Mike Rogers: Pollution plan will 'kill manufacturers' - with video

U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Brighton, sounded off this week on a "cap-and-trade" measure that would cap the emission of pollutants while offering companies the right to sell each other permits that would allow for greater emissions. Opponents argue any costs incurred by companies to meet these caps would be passed onto consumers.
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"This is just about economic suicide," Rogers said Monday in an interview at the Daily Press & Argus offices.

The lawmaker pointed to several negative side effects of the plan, including a 140 percent increase on the cost of gasoline and 177 percent hike on electric bills. There are other issues, too, he added.

"Here's what's frustrating to me: Europe has already done this; they've had corruption problems and, remember, if you're trading something you can't really see, somebody's going to take advantage of this," he said.