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"Turning baby steps into long strides in warming fight" by John Kassel | July 6, 2009
ADDRESSING GLOBAL warming requires a dramatic departure from business, and politics, as usual. Whether our elected representatives can continue the process of rising to this most fundamental challenge is far from clear - and time is running out.
You guys! Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!
Signals from the White House are encouraging. President Obama has appointed prominent scientists, deeply steeped in climate science, to key posts.
Translation: He's appointed a bunch of AGENDA-PUSHING FART-MISTERS!
So much for TRANSPARENCY!
And Congress is on the move. The American Clean Energy and Security Act is the first legislation seriously addressing global warming pollution to ever pass the House - a step that required a massive effort. New Englanders owe our hometown climate champion, Representative Edward Markey, thanks and congratulations....
That's not exactly what I was thinking.
Here, Ed, take a whiff: PFFFFFFFFFTTTTTT!!!!
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The bill has created deserved excitement, even more so since it passed the House. Critical provisions promoting investment in clean energy technology, like strong building codes and appliance standards, must be preserved as the bill moves forward. And the fundamental ideas behind the bill are sound.
The bill needs to be returned to full strength by restoring a real cap and bulking up the tools to foster renewable energy and efficiency - fixing the flaws inflicted during the legislative process. A restored bill can put us on a path toward climate protection and lay the foundation for a new economy.
A JOBS-DESTROYING, POPULATION-REDUCING ECONOMY, but a "NEW" economy!
John Kassel is president of the Conservation Law Foundation.
Go away, fart-mister!
