A REALIST’S APPROACH TO CLIMATE CHANGE

It may be instructive to compare the proposed treatment of carbon emissions with the actual treatment of another harmful practice. Would any government decide that, in order to halve smoking within ten years, say, decreasing numbers of permits should be issued to smokers who could then trade those permits among themselves? If such a scheme were adopted, the government would have to decide how many permits each smoker would get and, almost certainly, would decide that it would be unfair not to give heavier smokers more.

How the Cap-and-Trade Bill Could Transform the Real Estate Sector | Green Business | Reuters

A heads up for real estate professionals: H.R. 2454, the cap and trade legislation approved by the U.S. House of Representatives on June 26, if passed into law, would have a profound effect on the real estate sector.

Dump cap-and-trade in favor of more comprehensive policy | News-Leader.com | Springfield News-Leader

As the debate continues in Congress, senators must decide what it is they wish to accomplish. If transferring massive amounts of money from the private sector to the federal government is the goal, then they are on the right path.

If energy security and a strengthened U.S. economy are the goals, they should scrap the ill-conceived, bloated and destructive blueprint passed by the House.
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Charles E. Kruse is president of Missouri Farm Bureau and a fourth-generation farmer from Stoddard County.

Podcast: Near the height of early 21st-century carbon dioxide hysteria, Al Gore speaks

August 10, 2007
While he didn't win the presidency in 2000, former Vice President Al Gore is still in the public eye for his Oscar-winning documentary, "An Inconvenient Truth." Gore, who's out with a new book criticizing the Bush administration, says Congress and the public need to do more to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. He discussed his concerns in a July 18 speech at the Aspen Institute.