Posted by Jonathan Adler:
Betting Blind on ACES:
http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2009_06_28-2009_07_04.shtml#1246372526
Yesterday I had an [1]NRO column on the just-passed House climate
bill. Here's the intro:
Last Friday, the House of Representatives narrowly passed a massive
climate-change bill that few, if any, members of Congress had
actually read. The legislation would impose the first-ever limits
on emissions of carbon dioxide and impose a raft of other
regulatory measures, while simultaneously ensuring that key
constituencies are protected from climate policy�s pinch. The bill
is one step closer to becoming law, and yet most of our elected
representatives could not tell you much of what it contains.
It is relatively certain that few, if any, members of Congress had
read the bill before voting on it. Why? For one thing, House leaders
dropped 300 pages of amendments 3am Friday morning and a complete copy
of the bill language incorporating the amendments was still
unavailable during the debate; not even the House clerk had one.
Meanwhile, Clive Crook [2]understands how ridiculous the Waxman-Markey
bill is, while Paul Krugman [3]has a conniption over "treason against
the planet" even though he supported the bill and it passed. Roger
Pielke Jr. [4]wonders whether the bill's sponsors really understand
offsets, and Gregg Easterbrook [5]observes how cleaner coal facilities
are being blocked while we wait for "FutureGen" coal facilities that
may never appear. On a sunnier front, the NYT [6]reports on promising
efforts to make ethanol from algae that can be used as a fuel or
feedstock for plastics.
References
1.
http://article.nationalreview.com/print/?q=OGYwOTA4NmY1ZTFmOWJjMTdhYmVmYTI3ZTZmZDFjNmM=
2. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/706bbcde-640d-11de-a818-00144feabdc0.html
3. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/29/opinion/29krugman.html
4.
http://rogerpielkejr.blogspot.com/2009/06/does-henry-waxman-understand-offsets.html
5. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/29/opinion/29easterbrook.html
6.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/29/business/energy-environment/29biofuel.html
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