A 'staffer' speaks

Republicans oppose EPA mandate 1

David Freddoso of National Review learns from a Republican staffer:

Actually, the Department of Energy already produces numbers on greenhouse emissions, even state-by state numbers. But these are based on voluntary reporting and reliable estimates and formulas -- there is no "mandatory reporting."

So I would not panic, but this does appear to be a change for the worse. Congress is already making a bi-partisan war on America's energy producers and consumers (i.e., everyone) with the Energy Bill they will pass today. It is only a matter of time before climate alarmism adds still more to the already expanding burden on everyone in the form of higher gasoline prices and electricity bills.

Look out! The regulations are coming!

Brian Beutler is a contributing writer for Grist as well as Washington correspondent for The Media Consortium. In his spare time he writes an eponymous blog.

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  1. trock Posted 11:11 pm
    19 Dec 2007

    that's politicswell of course they have to be against it.  Otherwise, it they were quiet on it, some people might get the idea that it was a good thing and they have to let their political base know that nothing the democrates do is good.
    That's the bad and hard part of politics, the other side has to always be demonized to keep your base of people interested in what is going on.
    Which is begging the question, maybe there is some bad thing that does happen, but this criticism is overblown.

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