Tuesday, August 04, 2009

No Impact Man: What if I'm right about climate change?
Well, a couple of years ago, I was messing around with Photoshop and I made the below. It pertains to what we might say if I'm right about climate change and we erroneously don't make a huge effort to prevent it.

Coal Industry Group Linked to a Dozen Forged Cap-And-Trade Letters - NYTimes.com
The Sierra Club this week will run print ads in Washington, D.C.-based political publications that depict Bigfoot, aliens, Pinocchio and other fictional characters under the banner "The Coalition to Kill Clean Energy Jobs."

States the ad: "When Dirty-Energy Washington Lobbyists couldn't get any real-life supporters to defeat comprehensive clean energy and climate legislation , they made them up instead."
For Senate, a Climate of Competing Interests - washingtonpost.com
But other legislators wonder if, when the health-care debate finally ends, the Senate will have the stomach or the attention span for another complicated fight. And it remains unclear how much clout President Obama will have left to sway wavering lawmakers.
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Aside from Snowe, few Republicans appear likely to be part of the Senate horse trading. The GOP has been fiercely critical of the House bill, with some legislators saying they doubt the science of climate change, and others saying the bill's costs would drive businesses overseas. Even  Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), who co-sponsored two earlier cap-and-trade bills, has attacked the House bill.

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