Arkansas: Curtis Coleman is candidate for U.S. Senate seat

"I understand we must not take actions such as those proposed in the current cap and trade legislation that will cripple Arkansas businesses and send even more Arkansas jobs overseas."

Cap-and-trade won't pass Senate, Brownback tells KIOGA | Wichita Business - Kansas Business | Wichita Eagle

"I think it has little chance of passing in the Senate," Brownback said. "It's one of the worst ideas to come along in a long time."
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"This is a terrible idea," Brownback said "and it doesn't help the environment one bit."
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All four congressional members said cap-and-trade is linked to Obama's health-care plan.

"There's the theory that cap-and-trade dollars will be used to fund health care," Brownback said.

[Shock]:  Nine held in carbon trading swoop

Fraud investigators arrested nine people on Wednesday over a suspected £38m carbon credit trading scam in one of the clearest signs yet of criminals targeting international schemes to combat climate change.

More than 100 Revenue & Customs officers raided dozens of properties in the south of England over an alleged cross-border fraud to evade value added tax, just weeks after the Treasury imposed emergency rules in an effort to curb the problem.

Trading in carbon credits – allowances for companies to produce greenhouse gases – has been dogged by problems, from legal but ethically dubious practices to alleged scams involving fictitious products.