Paul Chesser, Climate Strategies Watch
Through my scavenging of the Web I came across a homemade video (in somebody's kitchen?) of an interview with Tom Peterson (pictured), executive (self-employed) director of the Center for Climate Strategies. In the discussion he confirms much of what has already been reported about CCS and has a few new revelations:
How CCS was started (:29): "…by working with governors primarily and other state leaders who wanted to step up to the plate and find ways to begin reducing the greenhouse gas emissions, to tackle the problem from the bottom-up…"
As we've reported, CCS's strategy is to approach governors (and the process is usually that CCS lobbies them, not that governors go seeking them out, as documents have shown) with the premise that the "Bush Administration/Federal Government/EPA is not doing enough to address global warming so it's up to the states (the "laboratories for democracy," or in this case, the laboratories for economic destruction experimentation) to address this vital work,"…blah, blah, blah…. Because CCS pockets are loaded with Rockefeller Brothers Fund money, states don't have to pay much for these climate study commission scams that Peterson wants governors to set up in their states. So the governor thinks, "hey, no brainer — I pay nothing and I look like I'm doing something about global warming! Let's do it!" Further testimony to this truth is shown by the fact that even respected and supposedly conservative GOP Governors (and potential McCain running mates) Sanford (S.C.), Crist (Fla.), Pawlenty (Minn.), and Palin (Alaska) have bought into the idea.
CCS's goals (:42): …"so we've been supporting them in the formulation of comprehensive climate action plans and all the policies that are involved in reducing emissions from all the different economic sectors in the economy (from the chairman of the Department of Redundancy Department:"Did I mention that we want to take over the economy?"), and ultimately lead to national policy and we hope even international agreements…."
See? I told you so.
Do you think we'll have a national framework for climate change? (2:50): "…the Supreme Court made it fairly clear in saying emphatically that the answer is 'yes, in fact we already have that framework.' It's called the Clean Air Act. Greenhouse gases are in fact pollutants that need to be covered by the Clean Air Act, so it will be the responsibility of the next president and the next administration, if this president decides not to take up the task, to actually add greenhouse gas controls to the Clean Air Act…Certainly the Clean Air Act is a template that is here. By law, it is a template that must be used…."
Of course this is enviro-crapola. Peterson has proven himself to be a non-credible source who is all too happy to quash discussion of climate science, hide CCS's funding sources and agenda, exaggerate his credentials, and ignore economic impacts of CCS's proposals.
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