LETTER: Shredding the American dream

I have a little house that was built in 1950. It's not as square as I would like it to be and it's lacking in insulation but it has character and I love it. And I better love it, because if the Waxman Markey Cap and Trade bill that the House passed makes it through the Senate then I am stuck with this puppy for a long time.

Nebraska: Alternative to alternative energy: Dick Trail

It will be interesting to see how our own Sen. Ben Nelson votes on Cap-and-Trade, which will be the source of money to fund President Obama's reworked Health Care System. In my opinion, a vote in favor of either of those legislative monstrosities will be all the more reason to turn our favorite Senator out of office.

California's Economic Climate Change Denialism: There's no free lunch when it comes to cutting greenhouse gases - Reason Magazine

The California Air Resources Board issued a fanciful study finding that mandates to cut greenhouse gas emissions will cost Californians essentially nothing. This is pure California dreaming. In his stinging critique of the study, Harvard economist Stavins said that putting the world on a less carbon-intensive path will require serious policy and sacrifice. "This will not be easy, and it will not be cheap," he wrote. "Indeed it will be costly." Telling the public anything else is just climate change economic denialism.

June '09: President Obama's climate change economic denialism

This legislation has also been written carefully to address the concerns that many have expressed in the past. Instead of increasing the deficit, it is paid for by the polluters who currently emit dangerous carbon emissions. It provides assistance to businesses and families as they make the gradual transition to clean energy technologies. It gives rural communities and farmers the opportunity to participate in climate solutions and generate new income. And above all, it will protect consumers from the costs of this transition, so that in a decade, the price to the average American will be just about a postage stamp a day.