Tom DeWeese: The Wrenching Transformation of America

To put things in perspective, here are some questions every American should ask their elected officials – especially those supporting “climate change” legislation.

If it is proven that climate change is not man-made, but natural, will you be relieved and excited to know that man is off the hook?

We’ve been terrorized into accepting that human society was on the brink of extinction because of man-made global warming. We’ve been warned that, unless we take drastic action to reverse it – then islands will disappear, whole cities will be destroyed and polar bears will drown.

So, if it’s not true, will you now help to remove all of the draconian regulations passed during the global warming hysteria? Will you help to restore our Republic with common sense and sound economics?

Their answers to these questions should be very illuminating as to the true agenda they seek to impose.

"Elected officials cool to idea of climate change legislation" | The Register-Guard | Eugene, Oregon

...Since then, the predictions of greenhouse gas-induced water shortages, shifting coastlines and drought-invited wildfires have not waned. But the Legislature’s interest in joining in the creation of a multi-state initiative to cap globe-warming carbon emissions has.

Gov. Ted Kulongoski’s proposal to include Oregon in the Western Climate Initiative’s cap-and-trade system is dead this session. The big alternative in climate change warriors’ arsenal — a carbon tax — is a nonstarter in the Oregon Legislature.

Live From Ceres: Climate Change Requires Bold Thinking | GreenBiz.com

[PG&E CEO Peter] Darbee scoffed at the naysayers who claim climate change will cost too much to address. "That is nonsense and the people of world who say it's too expensive don't have a clue about the expense of not dealing with this problem," he said.

The costs go beyond dollars and cents, [Lester] Brown said.

"From time to time, I go back and read about earlier civilizations that have declined and collapsed," he said. "Those whose archeological sites we study today, one of the themes that keeps coming up is that the most common reason for civilization declines has been food shortages."

Until recently he rejected the idea that the food system could be our undoing.

"But as a I began to think about it more I realized that the trends -- the environmental trends underlying our food system -- are increasing in number and we have not reversed a single one," Brown said.

He pointed to soil erosion, melting glaciers, rising seas, desertifcation, collapsing fisheries, all of which impact food systems. The signs of stress are evident in the case of grains, whose prices have increased dramatically in the face of rising demand as environmental conditions increasingly impair the capacity to grow crops.

"If we can't turn these trends around, we're in trouble," Brown said, "just as the earlier civilizations were."