White House Steps Up Climate Efforts - NYTimes.com

“Our bill is straightforward,” Ms. Boxer said.
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Another Westerner was more blunt. “This energy tax bill will be an American job killer,” said Senator John Barrasso, Republican of Wyoming. “It’s the next attempt by the administration to promise jobs for all, create some for a few, and let the rest of us fend for ourselves.”

But a senator from the far West disagreed. “This bill can be reduced to a series of fairly clear choices,” said Jeff Merkley, Democrat of Oregon. “It is a choice between clean air or dirty air..."

Prophet of Doom Joe Romm: How the Grinch stole Halloween

I think that being a grade-A paranoia peddler is so ingrained in his DNA that he can't even have a blog post about a greener Halloween without the usual Chicken Little theatrics.