Category: Energy and Oil

Will Michael Bennet go along with the assault on Colorado's energy and tech industries?

As Democrats renew their push for energy taxes in the name of the Cult of Global Warming, Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, a man who believes we can fight global warming by all painting our roofs white (seriously, he does), is telling Americans that we’re… more »

Carbon Criminals, Waxman--Markey, and your wallet

JunkScience.com has begun a series of "Wanted" posters for American "Carbon Criminals", CEOs who are supporting the Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill as a way to steer money from taxpayers to their corporations. Two of my most-despised corporate villain… more »

Phil Kerpen: Cap-and-Trade biggest corporate welfare program in history

Phil Kerpen's excellent article at FoxNews.com speaks for itself: http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2009/07/10/biggest-corporate-welfare-program-history/ more »

Pickens learns wind farms are just hot air

In my favorite story of the week so far...anybody wanna buy a wind turbine? Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens has "delayed" his plans for a massive wind farm after ordering over 600 wind turbines from GE at a total cost of over $2 billion. Pickens clai… more »

Letter to Sen. Michael Bennet: Oppose Cap and Trade!

In line with my earlier post about Dr. Alan Carlin's comments on the EPA's CO2 endangerment finding, I sent this note to our junior Senator, Michael Bennet. Dear Senator Bennet, I urge you to vote no on the disastrous cap-and-trade bill (aka "Waxma… more »

Informative short video explaining cap-and-trade

Please spend the 6 minutes to watch this explanation of the likely impacts of cap-and-trade...and pass the link around to your friends. [video:youtube:yQeXAW_K4sU W:425 H:344] more »

Waxman-Markey passes with help of 8 traitors

So many people will be writing about the House of Representatives passing the Waxman-Markey cap-and-tax bill on Friday afternoon that I will for now keep my comments relatively brief. First of all, this may not be a bad thing because it's a tremendous… more »

IBD: All you need to know about Waxman-Markey

Waxman-Markey, aka "cap and trade", aka "cap and tax" -- potentially the most destructive legislation of my lifetime -- is scheduled to be voted on in the House of Representatives today, although Comrade Pelosi might pull the vote if she thinks it will f… more »

Warren Buffett slams "cap and trade"

This afternoon, in a CBNC interview, Warren Buffett properly described the "cap and trade" bill, also known as Waxman-Markey as a huge regressive tax. (To be fair, the regressive part is the only good thing about it.) You can see it starting at 12:45… more »

Canadian hospitals cutting services to pay carbon tax

Thanks to Paul Chesser for posting a link to this article from a Canadian newspaper discussing how Canadian hospitals are cutting services, even threatening to close an emergency room, because of budget pressures from having to pay carbon taxes: "You ha… more »
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