It's a rule: Diabolical CO2 figures out what you love the most, then attacks that thing hardest

The President of American Rivers, Rebecca Wodder, released the following statement:

“This study confirms that global warming is hitting rivers first and worst..."

An Inconvenient Truth for the GOP | Mother Jones

Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas), the ranking member of Waxman's committee, suggested that if anyone wants to experience what life in America would be like after the proposed bill reduces US greenhouse gas emissions to 83 percent below 2005 levels—Waxman's stated goal—they should go live in a low-emissions Nigeria. "I don't believe that mankind is the primary cause of climate change," he said. "I do accept that CO2 levels are rising—I think it's debatable if that's a good thing or a bad thing."
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Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) repeatedly called cap-and-trade "cap and tax." As in, "Cap and tax will essentially kick working families while they're down" and "cap and tax will devastate [the] US economy." (That second Upton quote was the inch-high headline of a press release handed out by Upton's staff at the hearing.) In his opening statement, Upton encapsulated the Republican opposition, and highlighted how far his party's position has diverged from that of the business community. "If the objective is to send manufacturing jobs overseas, destroy the Midwest, mortgage our future, and hand over the keys to our superpower status," he said, "then I say job well done."