Audio: Jeff Kuhner on the climate bill

Jeff Kuhner, Columnist/Editor of the Washington Times, remarks about Obama's Cap and Trade Bill, which was just passed in the House. Once again they passed a bill, without being given the time to read, the hundreds of pages that were added to it, at the last moment.




Greenpeace Says Waxman-Markey Climate Bill not Science Based; Benefits Polluters
June 27, 2009
http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/press-center/releases2/greenpeace-says-waxman-markey#
Washington, D.C., United States — In response to today’s vote on the American Clean Energy and Security Act in the House of Representatives, Greenpeace USA Deputy Campaigns Director Carroll Muffett issued the following statement:

“The passage of the inadequate ACES bill through the House today is a victory for coal industry lobbyists, oil industry lobbyists, agriculture industry lobbyists, steel and cement industry lobbyists, among many others. But it is a tremendous loss for the American people and for the world in our common fight to avert climate catastrophe.

“To avoid the worst effects of global warming, we must reduce emissions by 25-40% below 1990 levels by 2020, and the short term target of this bill is a paltry 4%. The massive offsets in this bill means that we can continue at our current emissions level for years, and huge giveaways mean a new generation of nuclear and coal plants.

“Unless the bill is substantially strengthened in the Senate, we have a lot more work ahead of us. We are calling upon President Obama to use every tool at his disposal, both within and outside Congress, to get us back to the science-based targets he promised.”