EPA’s Economic Analysis of the Boxer-Kerry Cap and Trade Bill » The Foundry

Gambling trillions of dollars in family income and millions of jobs on any of these strained assumptions would be a great risk. Relying on all three seems unconscionable.

Grin and Bear it - Chris Horner - Planet Gore on National Review Online

You may recall Sen. John McCain's explanation of how he found global warming alarmism: a kid, in a — wait for it — polar bear suit heckled him in New Hampshire during the 2000 campaign's primaries. He and the bear had a sit-down, and the senator walked away convinced.

A Wonderful, Magical Animal - Chris Horner - Planet Gore on National Review Online

Simpsons fans recall from "Lisa the Vegetarian" when Lisa lectures Homer that pork, bacon, and other delights come from the same animal. To which Homer replies condescendingly, "Yeah, right Lisa. A wonderful, magical animal."

Well, that's how the global warming industry view "green jobs" schemes. Pork and (Davis-) Bacon all from the same magical source.

Lessons and Priorities - Chris Horner - Planet Gore on National Review Online

The first time around, the issue for the US was always China and India and the rest of the free-riding world where, incidentally, is where emissions are growing (and this is about emissions . . . right?). To the media, it had to be about Bush. Now that it can't be, it's China and India's turn. The good news is, the more the press flails about in this manner, desperate to latch on to a post-Bush bogeyman, the less appealing these countries will be to the American public for the whopping wealth transfer that Kyoto II is shaping up to be. Keep it up, guys.