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Part 1: The Waxman-Markey Bill
“ In my judgment, the proposed cap-and-trade system would be a costly policy that would penalize Americans with little effect on global warming. The proposal to give away most of the permits only makes a bad idea worse”. Are you listening, Kevin Rudd?
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Part 1: The Waxman-Markey Bill
Part 1: The Waxman-Markey Bill
Taxation without representation is tyranny
The Washington Court Hotel is just two short blocks from Capitol Hill, nestling among the headquarters buildings of assorted American lobby groups. The hotel is a much-favoured venue for meetings of those who wish to gain the ear of the U.S. capital’s legislators.
Gathered there in the first week of June, 2009, were members and supporters of the American Meteorological Society (AMS), participating in a week-long Summer Policy Colloquium. The expert meteorologists were joined for their meeting by numerous science and policy analysts, including representatives from the USAID (Africa) office, the Climate Change and State Stability Program of the Office of the Directorate of National Intelligence, the British Embassy and a former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
On the afternoon of June 2nd, the Honorable Edward J. Markey (Democrat, Masssachusetts), Chair of the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming,…
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