Some see energy bill helping [climate fraud] money grow on trees - NYTimes.com

With sweeping climate and energy legislation in the works, four paper companies and a trade group representing 175 or so forest and paper businesses and associations have hired lobbyists to work on those issues. And insiders suggest even more paper-company lobbyists will soon surface, as Senate rules allow up to 60 days between when they start work and when they must register their employment.

"Any time you're talking about what will be over time hundreds of billions of dollars, it's going to attract thousands of lobbyists," said Steve Ellis, vice president at Taxpayers for Common Sense. "The stakes are high, and every industry has to either protect themselves or get a piece of the action."

Irony: Oregon green governor’s subsidized flights to Oregon Coast averaging 1.65 passengers per flight | GORE LIED

The Oregonian reports on a huge waste of taxpayer money, but fails to ask what the carbon footprint is...

How about a real public debate? | Climate Realists

I challenge all readers, either for or against the "man-made" global warming theory, to contact their senators and congressmen and demand that a minuscule portion of the many billions of dollars slated to be wasted on pork be redirected into a government sponsored public debate on the issue.

Uncle Sam picks up the tab for a televised debate, say about 2-3 hours a night for a week, that will allow experts from both sides of the issue to present their evidence supporting their positions. Then, a more informed public can decide whether "climate change" policies should be pursued and funded, and if so, to what degree.

Considering the current economic dilemma and the devastation that currently proposed regulations would do to our economy, no honest liberal, moderate, or conservative can deny such a debate for our mutual edification.

David Caldarola
Hoffman Estates

2050: An energy odyssey - FP Comment

Ottawa’s low-carbon energy projections leave Canada producing more energy from coal, oil sands, nuclear and forests. This is green?
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At best, the Round Table is pointing us in the right direction. More likely, it has it all backwards, and it is asking Canada to embark on a course of economic and environmental destruction based on predicting the future half a century out assuming the existence of technologies that may never exist to solve a global warming problem that may never have existed.