[Climate fraud] worrying miners?

Alphonso: Costs will go up so much it will not be economical

A requirement that miners carry out exploration before they would be allowed to mine is causing concern within the industry with some restating that at least 80% of miners would be “forced” out and also raising questions about timing in relation to the low carbon strategy.

Questions have been asked as to whether the exploration stipulation and the enforcement of other mining regulations have come about because of the Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) that Guyana is pursuing.

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Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), the chairwoman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, is working with Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) on the climate change bill and plans to introduce it when the Senate returns from the August recess. In the meantime, while much of official Washington is on vacation, staff members are holed up in committee offices hashing out the details, far from the glare of the national spotlight.

“In our hallway, it looks like National Airport with all the comings and goings,” a senior Democratic staffer on the Environment and Public Works Committee said. “We’re pretty much at full tilt.”

Boxer will also be traveling this month with a group of other Senators to Alaska — at the invitation of Sen. Mark Begich (D-Alaska) — to look at the effects of climate change.

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Friday’s DTN article added that, “[Duane Highley] explained to about 150 people Thursday that the Waxman-Markey bill would have its biggest impact in states such as Missouri, which relies on coal for 85 percent of its power. The climate bill that passed the House in late June is named after Reps. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., and Ed Markey, D-Mass.

“‘We’re looking at a big threat to your way of life,’ Highley told the crowd.

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The cap and trade issue was another big topic at Tuesday’s meeting.

Peterson stated that a court case out East is what’s driving the measure, which would control carbon dioxide emissions from power plants and other sources. A judge found that greenhouse gasses are an endangerment to health. A bill moving through Congress would regulate greenhouse gas and its uses.

Peterson, who voted for the bill after allowances were made for farmers, is hoping that changes will be made in the Senate before it becomes law. “Farmers have more power in the Senate than in the House,” said Peterson. “They’re working to protect the farmers when it doesn’t happen in the House.”