Cap And Trade Videos

The cap and trade legislation has been put off until well after the Copenhagen summit in December. It s pushed into spring, 2010, if then.  If you want to read some better bills than cap and trade, which should be called Cap and RAID, you can check out all the other bills that intend to mitigate [...]

The USDA, EPA and several organizations have all released their own analyses of the impact of various climate change legislation proposals being discussed in Congress.  Now a new analysis is being offered by the organization called the 25x 25 Alliance. The 25x 25 group worked with the University of Tennessee’s Bio-based Energy Analysis Group on the study.  Their conclusions—under a “properly constructed” cap-and-trade program, income from offsets and from market revenues is higher than any potential increase in input costs including energy and fertilizer.  It shows that net returns for virtually all major crops are positive, up to 13 billion dollars per year. The key term there is “properly constructed.” According to the group’s report, an operationally efficient cap-and-trade program is one that is designed to allow offsets for multiple practices, including bioenergy crop production; reduced soil tillage; bioenergy crops; methane capture; efficient fertilizer application; planting perennial grasses or trees on marginal land; and, keeping good farmland in crop production. The study also warns that if carbon emissions are regulated solely by EPA—as prescribed under a 2007 Supreme Court ruling—net farm income is projected to fall below USDA baseline projections. “The study provides clear evidence that EPA regulation could subject agriculture to higher input costs,” says Bart Ruth of Rising City, Nebraska, policy chairman for 25x 25. “And there will be no opportunity for farmers, ranchers and forestland owners to be compensated for the greenhouse gas reduction services they provide.  Furthermore, the impacts of EPA regulation on beef production are uncertain.” AUDIO: Bart Ruth (4 min MP3) 25x 25 announced the study results at the National Association of Farm Broadcasting conference in Kansas City.  The 25x 25 Alliance advocates for the role of agriculture and forestry in providing energy and climate solutions from the land.

The Brutal Truth about climate change is this:  it s much worse, and much more threatening to our future, than the public thinks it is.  In fact, it has scientists scared.  Yet the political response is to work with business and work with Republicans and conservative Democrats like Joe Lieberman to get a passable bill that [...]

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Polk Burnett Electric Coop has submitted this video to the Congressman and Senators of Wisconsin urging them to consider the dramatic impact of passing the irresponsible legislation "cap and trade" and the financial devastation is will cause to Wisconsin businesses, families, and individuals. Please watch the video and contact your congressmen and senators. It is so vital that we stop this bill from getting to the president's desk. Wisconsin produces 90% of its electricity from coal fired plants. The cap and trade legislation will put huge fees and taxes on the Midwestern states like Wisconsin because it will begin penalizing the use of coal to create energy.

Business owners discuss the impact of cap & trade on Fox News' "Huckabee."

Fox News October 17, 2009

Weekly summary of energy news from the Upper Midwest region

Has big business finally seen the light? That a carbon-based economy is unsustainable? A quiet revolution within the US Chamber of Commerce suggests that a tiny insurrection may be happening. With 3 million members, the Chamber is one of the most powerful lobbies in Washington -- but this week, they lost a member. Energy company Exelon announced it's leaving. And they're the third energy company to do so. The companies say they?re at odds with the Chamber?s stance on global warming and particularly its call for a 21st Century ?Scopes monkey trial? about the science of climate change. They also argue that the Chamber?s opposition to carbon emission taxes is behind the times. It maybe an ah-ha moment. Or it may be simply smart business. Public utilities and energy companies know that image counts for something. Supporting climate change legislation is a good marketing strategy. It probably won't cost them that much either. If you think healthcare reform has been watered down, just wait til you see what happens to cap and trade. As it currently stands, the c and t proposals are market-based solutions that still permit polluters to pollute, as long as they buy so called pollution credits from someone greener. As environmental writer Gar Smith recently put it, as far as the planet's concerned cap and trade schemes just don't work. Instead of paying for solutions, purchasers are buying polluting time. A solution would require a much greater overhaul of the US economy, one that would severely impact ?some powerful vested interests,? says Nobel Prize winning economist Paul Krugman. Getting out of the Chamber of Commerce at this point is probably more about saving face than saving the planet. But prove me wrong, why don't you. I'd love it.