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US Coal Lobbyists Unveil Nightmarish Vision of Life After Cap-and-Trade Law

US Politics & Gov't (tags: united states, politics, lobbyists, environment, climate change )

- 172 days ago - independent.co.uk

Despite publicly supporting emissions reductions, the coal industry and electricity firms have spent tens of millions of dollars trying to kill a proposed law that would introduce "cap-and-trade" rules on carbon emissions.

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Chris Otahal (404)

Monday June 2, 2008, 9:33 pm
If this industry is fighting this hard - you know its a good bill ROFL

Past Member (0)

Monday June 2, 2008, 9:50 pm
Wait a day or two for Judy Cross or another denialist to burst in here screaming about a "scam".

Of course, I've always known that Big Businesses will only do something that might cut their profits if they are forced to by the government acting in the long term interests of the common people. If that is a "scam", then we should have done this many YEARS ago! I'd rather be "scammed" by a government I vote for than by giant corporations that never listen to me unless I own some of their stock!