Macroeconomist Dean Baker in Al Jazeera: "Opponents of restrictions on GHG emissions are arguing for the right to dump sewage on their neighbours' lawn"

The DC blackouts and global warming - Opinion - Al Jazeera English

In this way, restrictions on GHG are similar to the laws that prohibit me from dumping my sewage on my neighbour's lawn. The opponents of these restrictions don't give a damn about free markets. Opponents of restrictions on GHG emissions are arguing for the right to dump sewage on their neighbours' lawn. Their argument is that the United States is a big powerful country so we can do whatever we want to the rest of the world and no one can stop us...

Dean Baker is a US macroeconomist and co-founder of the Centre for Economic and Policy Research.