Beer for my Horses | OpenMarket.org

The global-warming industry would probably still be solely owned by assoted cranks and romantics (and the odd vice president) if it weren’t for a bunch of CEOs taking a leaf from Enron’s playbook and attempting to monetize the issue. Playing the bootleggers in a classic bootleggers and baptists alliance, these businessmen have realized that they can get the government to increase their profits by means of “cap and trade” and similar regulatory interventions, at the expense of other businesses and the paying public. Ordinarily, such shenanigans would have the corporate watchdog groups in arms, but by getting the “baptists” of the green movement on their side, they have shielded themselves from public disgust.

This has to stop, and the good folks at Junkscience.com are at the forefront of calling foul. They are releasing a series of “Wanted” posters for six corporate fat cats who want to grow fatter by means of the Waxman-Markey Bill.

The Newest Fake Argument for Cap-and-Trade: National Security  | GlobalWarming.org

To listen to Democratic Party leadership tell it, one would never know that a cap-and-trade has anything to do with global warming.

Senate to consider limits on carbon dioxide emissions -- latimes.com

Lawmakers are also concerned about the effect of carbon regulation on energy prices. In the European Union, wrote Ellerman and Joskow, electricity prices approximately tripled after the introduction of the cap-and-trade program .

Groups Seek Billions in Climate [Fraud Money] - NYTimes.com

A coalition of nearly 600 conservation, outdoor and recreation groups is calling on the Senate to dedicate billions of dollars in a climate change bill to wildlife and natural resources threatened by global warming.