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What a Bunch of Krupp-ola
The New York Times reports that cap-and-trade as energy policy is dead, and does not mentionClimategate (and subsequent Warming Scandalgates) anywhere as a cause.
The New York Times reports that cap-and-trade as energy policy is dead, and does not mention Climategate (and subsequent Warming Scandalgates) anywhere as a cause. Instead they requisition political post-mortems from the likes of Sens. John Kerry and Lindsay Graham, as well the bazillion-dollar Environmental Defense Fund's head, Fred Krupp:
Why did cap and trade die? The short answer is that it was done in by the weak economy, the Wall Street meltdown, determined industry opposition and its own complexity....
“Economywide cap and trade died of what amounts to natural causes in Washington,” said Fred Krupp, president of the Environmental Defense Fund, who has been promoting the idea for more than two decades. “The term itself became too polarizing and too paralyzing in the effort to win over conservative Democrats and moderate Republicans to try to do something about climate change and our oil dependency.”
As I reported last year, Krupp was the hypocrite who demanded the Securities and Exchange Commission require companies to report climate-related disclosures in their filings:
“As the nation responds to the challenges of global warming, investors have a right to know which businesses are forging innovative solutions for the 21st century and which are lagging behind,” [Krupp] said in a release.
I'm still waiting for Krupp to disclose how his massive organization is "forging innovative solutions" with their own greenhouse gas-reducing practices and behaviors. After all:
According to EDF’s tax return for Fiscal Year ending in Sept. 2007 (the most recent available on Guidestar), the organization spent $3.5 million for travel. Undoubtedly that paid for a lot of plane trips, vehicle rentals, etc. Got a breakdown of that for us, Fred? What kind of carbon offsets are you buying to cover that? (We demand transparency!)
And according to the 2007 annual report, EDF has 10 offices throughout the U.S. and one in Beijing. Can you provide a carbon impact assessment for us? You’ve got three offices in California, and three in the Northeast Corridor of the U.S. (four if you add Raleigh). No opportunities for consolidation there to minimize greenhouse gas impact? And are you mostly served by coal-burning utilities or something else?
And finally, what mode of transportation are your 318 employees and 43 voting board members using to get to work every day? Any SUVs? Pick-up trucks? Other gas guzzlers? Or are they buying into the EDF vision and riding mass transit or driving hybrids? With more than $85 million in revenues in 2007 alone at your disposal, I’m sure you can take care of these little things for your people as you practice what you preach.
A death from "natural causes?" As recently as five months ago Krupp was pushing cap-and-trade as viable, lying about scientific trends and defending the shameless Al Gore (watch video below). But now, all of a sudden, it's died due to simple polarization and paralyzation, and Climategate had nothing to do with it?
The fraud behind global warming extends in every direction, and has not let up. And cap-and-trade is not dead.
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Missy| 3.26.10 @ 6:48PM
Don't believe him!!
These clowns also claimed that ObamaCare was dead earlier this year; we know how that turned out!
Lullaby's, Legends and Lies| 3.26.10 @ 8:23PM
I won't believe cap and tax is dead, until I see the President living back in Chicago, (or out in Hawaii maybe?) after 2012. Obamacare was dead, and then, it wasn't dead (it's a friggin' miracle!!). It was just a bill, and now it's a destructive Law (and all the Democrats are walking around really proud of themselves?)!! The Liberals want to destroy this Country, and for the life of me, I'll never understand why, but we need to destroy them first, before I'll ever believe this crap and trade is dead!!
Eric Cartman| 3.27.10 @ 3:31AM
No, no, L3 - you have it all wrong. You have to buy the 60% off tory burch shoes AND the MS office 2007! That's the secret. Of course, you could also purchase the Popiel's Pocket Fisherman AND a Mighty Putty (with another package free - just pay shipping) and accomplish the same thing.
But to send Obama and his scumbag Lefties back to Chicago, you have to go the Flobee, Shamwow and Slap Chop route. That's the way I understand it, anyway.
Lullaby's, Legends and Lies| 3.27.10 @ 10:09AM
Cartman? You Sir, are a deep thinker!! So it's all about individual Capitalism/Consumerism defeating Socialism/Environmental Wackos? So with every Chia Pet, Snuggie, and Emery Cat I purchase, we'll (collectively) be returned to the principles of the Founding Fathers, and to the true vision of the U.S. Constitution? Wow!! Now I understand why everybody was so upset when Billy Mays died last year He was trying to defeat the left, by selling a bunch of crap on TV. But it makes me wonder now, did he really die after using cocaine, and probably not having done any exercise for the last decade (or two)? Or was this just another example of a leftist plot, a political assassination? I better go shopping!!
Eric Cartman| 3.27.10 @ 10:52AM
Yes, the Chia Pet/Snuggie /Emery Cat gambit is a very good move in the Defeat Socialism game plan! I like it - may I say you, sir, are no slouch! You are, of course, correct about Mr. Mays. He was definitely targeted by the Left (Obama specifically) to gain control of the shipping and handling fees.
When Chia Pet manufacturing was off shored to China, the Chia Formers International Union (F-U for short) lost good paying ($37.50/hr) jobs in Pittsburgh to Chiadoko Conglomerate in the Chia Technology & Industry Development Zone, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. Same for the Snuggie. They have been trying to gain the S&H fees as a tariff ever since.
The Obama administration promised the F-U this fee as a payback for their support. That's why you hear Rahm Emanuel saying F-U a lot. He is secretly talking about this payback. VP Biden, however, owes China for their Chia technology as applied to hair plugs. It's a pretty ugly internal WH fight going on that the MSM never talks about. Remember what he said last Tuesday? "This is a big effin deal"? Could that be shorthand for F-U? No doubt Mr. Mays was a victim of Obama hit men.
So yes, L3, call now. We may only have ten minutes to take advantage of this deal to defeat the Socialists.
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Jeff Perren| 3.27.10 @ 11:08AM
Unfortunately, whatever the fate of cap and trade legislation, the Federal attempt to control energy is alive and kicking.
Obama is already meeting with legislators on the issue. I wrote on March 15th:
"Unswayed by... well, by anything really, Obama is pressing forward on the next phase of enslaving the country. Even before the ink has been applied to the so-called health care reform bill, the Administration is gearing up for environmental legislation that will make that debacle look like the Bill of Rights."
Not dead, just plotting quietly.
martin j smith| 3.28.10 @ 8:16AM
Any news story from a MSM source that sounds implausable is. Any story from a MSM source that is favorable to socialists and is unfavorable to the opposition should suspect until proven otherwise. Any story other than the very current local weather descriptions ( not forecasts, should not be believed and even then I would pek out the widow to check first.
It is now time that there should be absolutely no surprise that the MSM, lies, distors, or is wrong. Report it, yes but react in "shock" come on gang, what do you expect: Chopped liver ?
michael e| 4.1.10 @ 8:06PM
Fred Krupp is a bold faced liar....he should be tarred and feathered.