AISI | Business And Labor Groups Fear Climate Bill Could Be Jobs Killer

Senator Sherrod Brown calls for tariffs on imports from countries that don't meet U.S. standards.

More than 4 million jobs could be at risk if U.S. climate-change legislation does not include a tariff on goods imported from countries that don't adopt similar emissions standards, according to a report released Oct. 1 by the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute.

'Killer' Southeast U.S. Drought Low On Scale, Says Study

ScienceDaily (Oct. 2, 2009) — A 2005-2007 dry spell in the southeastern United States destroyed billions of dollars of crops, drained municipal reservoirs and sparked legal wars among a half-dozen states—but the havoc came not from exceptional dryness but booming population and bad planning, says a new study.

Global Warming: The New Word for Mandates and Population Control | Energy & Environment

MINOT, N.D. -- It is exceptionally difficult to deny people what they want and enjoy unless force and threats are used to scare them into cooperation and compliance.

The President's chief advisor, Rahm Emanuel, has said, "It's a shame to waste a good crisis" -- certainly this is sound advice. People are willing to give up freedoms and self-determination in times of crisis. In the absence of a crisis, those who wish to force an ideology on a population must create one. Otherwise, it is exceedingly difficult in a free society to convince the population to do what otherwise makes little sense.

Will Global Warming Alarmism Disappear Like the Hula-Hoop?

There’s just one problem. Are we absolutely sure that our enthusiasm for this battle will remain constant for 20 years, making everyone happy to bear the enormous costs involved?

The true tragedy would arise if the world spent trillions of dollars – condemning 7 billion people to live less-affluent and less-fulfilling lives – and at the end of it we discovered that the global-warming alarmism that caused the spending had been temporary.