The European Union's plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions doesn't sufficiently take business needs into account, said Germany's finance ministry.
William Yeatman
At the 2008 annual meeting of Nobel Prize winners in Lindau, Germany, half the laureates on the climate change panel disputed the so-called consensus on global warming.
Against the alarming backdrop of gasoline prices at over $4 a gallon, oil industry executives are busily working the halls of Congress to make the case for increasing domestic oil supply. In addition to pushing for access to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) and oil reserves off the east and west coasts, however, some industry reps are also rehashing the argument that the Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST) presents an opportunity further to secure American oil by "locking in" drilling rights in our Arctic continental shelf.
President Bush lifted nearly two decades of executive orders banning drilling for oil and natural gas off the country’s shoreline on Monday while challenging Congress to open up more areas for exploration to address soaring energy prices.
Up! Up! Up! The world is consuming more and more energy and, as if by miracle, the amount left to consume grows ever higher. Never before in human history has energy been accessible in greater abundance and in more regions, never before has mankind had more energy options and faced a brighter energy future.
The Group of Eight may be waking up to the cost of fighting global warming, but in Australia, the opposite is happening. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has promised to implement an emissions trading scheme by 2010, claiming it would be "reckless not to act." Rhetoric aside, Mr. Rudd just wants to do what every Labor pol likes: tax industry and redistribute the proceeds, at huge cost to the economy.
Well, who would have thought it? Almost anybody actually, who had asked the question: "Who is most likely to own an older, cheaper car?"
The Environmental Protection Agency on July 11 released an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for regulating carbon dioxide emissions under the Clean Air Act. This is the administration’s response to the Supreme Court’s 5 to 4 decision in April 2007 that the EPA did have authority under the act to regulate CO2. This advance notice is not so much a request for public comments as it is a draft regulatory rule several hundred pages long. However, it will indeed be open for public comment for 120 days beginning on the day it is published in the Federal Register in the next week or two.
The APNR was accompanied by a short introduction by EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson explaining why he thought that the EPA document demonstrated why using the Clean Air Act to regulate CO2 would be inappropriate, plus eight letters from the heads of other departments and agencies (Energy, Commerce, OIRA, etc.) summarizing their objections and a ten page-memo highlighting the problems such regulation would cause. In addition, the White House put out a strong statement that argues that the EPA notice demonstrates the folly of trying to use the Clean Air Act to regulate something it was never designed to regulate and that calls on Congress to take action immediately to avoid the regulatory trainwreck that will ensue if EPA is allowed to proceed.
It may well seem odd that the White House should condemn a document produced by the administration and approved by the White House’s Office of Management and Budget. But it makes sense. If OMB had tried to edit the document to conform to presidential policy (and make it less insane), they would have invited widespread and scathing criticism that they were censoring the EPA, ignoring and over-ruling expert opinion, trying to derail regulation mandated by the Supreme Court, persecuting scientists, kicking puppies, etc. This way, they are offering the Congress and the public a view of what is in store for the country if EPA is allowed to do what the career EPA staff are clearly eager to do. The result would be a bewildering number of new regulations that would be litigated for years, which once implemented would be colossally expensive and probably ineffective at reducing carbon dioxide emissions. The Congress and the next administration now have no excuse not to know what is coming unless they act to prevent it.
Our rapidly growing national pro-consumer grassroots network is going to shake the halls of Congress next week in its demand for more American energy.
Led by the Congress of Racial Equality, a coalition of leaders from the African American, civil rights, agriculture, Christian, senior citizen and consumer rights communities will stage a "Stop The War On The Poor" Rally and press conference on the U.S. Capitol Grounds next Tuesday, July 15 at 2 p.m.
You can see details on this event here.
We expect a few dozen Members of Congress — both Democrats and Republicans — will participate in next Tuesday's rally. This rally will kick off a large, highly integrated national campaign that will activate several million citizens by the end of this year to push for more domestic energy production.
You can see a brief summary of the national "Stop The War on the Poor" campaign plan here.No industry or business representatives will be on the stage next Tuesday — only grassroots, consumer and community leaders. However, you are encouraged to send representatives to attend the event and be a part of the crowd — that will lend to the success of the rally. Please pass this on to your DC lobbyists or representatives, if your company has any.
Our rapidly growing national pro-consumer grassroots network is going to shake the halls of Congress next week in its demand for more American energy.
Led by the Congress of Racial Equality, a coalition of leaders from the African American, civil rights, agriculture, Christian, senior citizen and consumer rights communities will stage a "Stop The War On The Poor" Rally and press conference on the U.S. Capitol Grounds next Tuesday, July 15 at 2 p.m.
You can see details on this event here.
We expect a few dozen Members of Congress — both Democrats and Republicans — will participate in next Tuesday's rally. This rally will kick off a large, highly integrated national campaign that will activate several million citizens by the end of this year to push for more domestic energy production.
You can see a brief summary of the national "Stop The War on the Poor" campaign plan here.No industry or business representatives will be on the stage next Tuesday — only grassroots, consumer and community leaders. However, you are encouraged to send representatives to attend the event and be a part of the crowd — that will lend to the success of the rally. Please pass this on to your DC lobbyists or representatives, if your company has any.
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