ATI Says 'Stop Calling It Carbon'

After an editorial in today's Wall Street Journal titled "Carbon and Democracy" that confuses casual observers about exactly what is alleged greenhouse gas pollution and what isn't, American Tradition Institute executive director Paul Chesser today is calling attention to misleading terms in the global warming debate.

"It's carbon dioxide, not carbon, and there's a big difference," Chesser said. "Humans and animals exhale the former, and plants love it, but environmental extremists demonize it. They love to confuse the issue by calling it carbon to create an image of black particulates emitting from smokestacks, when in fact the alleged global warming 'pollutant' we talk about is a colorless, odorless and harmless gas."

Unfortunately even the conservative, free-market media (like the Journal, despite their sound positions on energy and climate issues) has fallen into this trap.