Exxon’s Tillerson: Forget Cap-and-Trade, Carbon Tax is the Answer - Environmental Capital - WSJ

Here’s a question: When the head of Exxon, the world’s biggest publicly-traded energy company, calls for a carbon tax, is that serious or is it just a tactic to avoid any action on climate change?

A fearful America may speak at the polls | greenbaypressgazette.com

The swell of fearful Americans is increasing, according to the news media. What is their fear based on? This is what they are saying:
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2. Cap and trade. This proposed legislation will continue the transfer of industrial jobs to other countries (who flatly refuse to adopt such a plan). Utility bills are predicted to skyrocket in the United States.

The American Spectator : Kerry'd Away on Cap and Trade

Kerry was optimistic that his bill would pass. "I'm convinced it has a shot," he said in an interview with MSNBC. But the response to both the Kerry-Boxer legislation and the concept of cap and trade more generally has been less than overwhelming.
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All told, sources tell TAS that as many as 15 Senate Democrats are either opposed to cap and trade or on the fence. It would take as few as four to deny the majority the votes for cloture, which means that Kerry-Boxer would fall to a filibuster unless the Democratic leadership -- already tangled in the weeds of health care -- wanted to try to ram it through using the reconciliation process.

Farmers prove tough sell on climate [hoax] bill

Some Democrats also have aired concerns about the credit trading.

"We are seeing a system that is just inherent with special interests," said Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash.
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There's little disagreement that foreigners will earn the majority of credits, since land values overseas are lower than they are in the United States. Analysts with the Environmental Protection Agency say the foreign credits would quickly reach a billion tons a year, half the total allowed by the House bill. Domestic credits would likely lag far behind.
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Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, opened a recent Senate hearing by warning that "some of the ideology and recklessness that helped drive our economy and our market over the cliff are now surfacing in discussion of a cap-and-trade system."
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Another hurdle: Many farmers are skeptical about global warming, Kaldenberg said.

"They are going to have a harder time signing up for a program," he said, "when they believe the problem is a hoax to begin with."