Climate bill greases way for green lawsuits « Green Hell Blog

The recently introduced Waxman-Markey climate bill would make it easy for individuals to sue greenhouse gas emitters, including enabling plaintiffs to seek financial compensation, according to a report in Carbon Control News.

More Companies Lobbying to Hike Your Energy Costs - Chris Horner - Planet Gore on National Review Online

So they're pretty intent these days lobbying government to deliver to them new, unwilling customers, rigging policy to get you to buy Owens Corning products that you otherwise might decide didn't make economic sense for your budget. World's second-oldest profession, I tell you.

And of every penny you spend on their products, a portion of it goes to lobbying for higher energy taxes to force you into handing over more to the state and, in a convenient public-private partnership, to Owens Corning.

Obama Touts U.S. Participation in Global Talks on Climate Change [Scam] - First 100 Days of Presidency - Politics FOXNews.com

Obama conceded that it will be costly as well as difficult to get the U.S. Congress to tax all carbon emissions from power plants and refineries -- part of a long term plan to cap the total amount of carbon emissions, then impose steady reductions over time. The problem, as the president said, is that plan would force American factories and utilities to engage in massive and expensive changes.

"If you say to a power plant, you have to produce energy in a different way, and that costs them money, then they want to pass that cost on to consumers, which means everybody's electricity prices go up -- and that is something that is not very popular," he said.
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When one student in Turkey asked Obama if he's really different from his predecessor, or just a different face, Obama responded, "When it comes to climate change, George Bush didn't believe in climate change. I do believe in climate change, I think it's important."