http://cstpr.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=5125 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:36:51 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://cstpr.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=5125&cpage=1#comment-13459 LRB Tue, 21 Apr 2009 22:09:54 +0000 http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=5125#comment-13459 The threat of having the EPA regulate greenhouse gases effectively forces Congress to produce a climate bill. Nobody really wants GHGs regulated under the Clean Air Act-- to do so would inflexible therefore would be more damaging to the economy that the same emissions reduction under a market-based policy. It is reasonable to assume that Democrats and Republicans alike will be scrambling to come up with a climate change bill rather than leave it to the EPA. In order to pass the senate, such a bill will probably end up with weaker GHG reduction targets than most environmentalists would like. The bottom line is that a national response to climate change is long overdue. It needs to happen immediately, but if it does we will probably end up with either weak congressional action or inefficient EPA regulation. The threat of having the EPA regulate greenhouse gases effectively forces Congress to produce a climate bill. Nobody really wants GHGs regulated under the Clean Air Act– to do so would inflexible therefore would be more damaging to the economy that the same emissions reduction under a market-based policy. It is reasonable to assume that Democrats and Republicans alike will be scrambling to come up with a climate change bill rather than leave it to the EPA. In order to pass the senate, such a bill will probably end up with weaker GHG reduction targets than most environmentalists would like. The bottom line is that a national response to climate change is long overdue. It needs to happen immediately, but if it does we will probably end up with either weak congressional action or inefficient EPA regulation.

]]> http://cstpr.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=5125&cpage=1#comment-13405 Shopfloor » Blog Archive » Others Comment on EPA’s Proposed Endangerment Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:21:59 +0000 http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=5125#comment-13405 [...] The CO2 litigation campaign that begat Massachusetts v. EPA turns out to be too clever by half. As Roger Pielke, Jr. and Michael Shellenberger astutely observe, Team Obama’s threat to regulate greenhouse gases via [...] [...] The CO2 litigation campaign that begat Massachusetts v. EPA turns out to be too clever by half. As Roger Pielke, Jr. and Michael Shellenberger astutely observe, Team Obama’s threat to regulate greenhouse gases via [...]

]]> http://cstpr.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=5125&cpage=1#comment-13400 Celebrity Paycut - Encouraging celebrities all over the world to save us from global warming by taking a paycut. Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:18:47 +0000 http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=5125#comment-13400 [...] CO2 litigation campaign that begat Massachusetts v. EPA turns out to be too clever by half. As Roger Pielke, Jr. and Michael Shellenberger astutely observe, Team Obama’s threat to regulate greenhouse gases [...] [...] CO2 litigation campaign that begat Massachusetts v. EPA turns out to be too clever by half. As Roger Pielke, Jr. and Michael Shellenberger astutely observe, Team Obama’s threat to regulate greenhouse gases [...]

]]> http://cstpr.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=5125&cpage=1#comment-13392 Endangerment finding: Legislative Hammer or Suicide Note? | OpenMarket.org Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:06:48 +0000 http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=5125#comment-13392 [...] CO2 litigation campaign that begat Massachusetts v. EPA turns out to be too clever by half. As Roger Pielke, Jr. and Michael Shellenberger astutely observe, Team Obama’s threat to regulate greenhouse gases [...] [...] CO2 litigation campaign that begat Massachusetts v. EPA turns out to be too clever by half. As Roger Pielke, Jr. and Michael Shellenberger astutely observe, Team Obama’s threat to regulate greenhouse gases [...]

]]> http://cstpr.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=5125&cpage=1#comment-13386 Endangerment Finding: Legislative Hammer or Suicide Note? — MasterResource Fri, 17 Apr 2009 11:56:35 +0000 http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=5125#comment-13386 [...] Pielke Jr. concisely explains why the CO2 litigation campaign that begat Massachusetts v. EPA could and should be a political [...] [...] Pielke Jr. concisely explains why the CO2 litigation campaign that begat Massachusetts v. EPA could and should be a political [...]

]]> http://cstpr.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=5125&cpage=1#comment-13346 VangelV Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:22:42 +0000 http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=5125#comment-13346 The choice is easy. Congress needs to do a real analysis of the AGW issue and force a debate in which both sides have their say on the record. Force GISS to disclose the way it is homogenizing the raw data coming from stations and have a station audit done to determine the errors due to the UHI effect. Once the facts come out there will be no pressure from the vast majority of the public to do anything about CO2 emissions and Obama and the Democrats can take credit for having the wisdom to do a real scientific review of a subject that hasn't had one. There will be little to lose because the environmentalists will not vote Democrat and can still be kept with the Democrats by promising regulatory action on some other issue that they can worry about. (The ozone hole is getting much bigger now so they can look to some other ban on other chemicals that do not effect it just as they did with CFCs.) The choice is easy. Congress needs to do a real analysis of the AGW issue and force a debate in which both sides have their say on the record. Force GISS to disclose the way it is homogenizing the raw data coming from stations and have a station audit done to determine the errors due to the UHI effect. Once the facts come out there will be no pressure from the vast majority of the public to do anything about CO2 emissions and Obama and the Democrats can take credit for having the wisdom to do a real scientific review of a subject that hasn’t had one. There will be little to lose because the environmentalists will not vote Democrat and can still be kept with the Democrats by promising regulatory action on some other issue that they can worry about. (The ozone hole is getting much bigger now so they can look to some other ban on other chemicals that do not effect it just as they did with CFCs.)

]]> http://cstpr.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=5125&cpage=1#comment-13341 Jacques Voorhees Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:02:49 +0000 http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=5125#comment-13341 Well, I sure hope "The Obama Administration has painted itself into a corner on climate policy, with no really good options for moving forward." That would be the best news I've heard all year. As the Earth continues to cool while CO2 continues to increase (pretty much proving that CO2 does not drive climate), that "corner" that Obama's in is going to get tighter and tighter. And anyone foolish enough to stay in that corner is going to look increasingly silly. Anyway, here's to the good news!!! Well, I sure hope “The Obama Administration has painted itself into a corner on climate policy, with no really good options for moving forward.” That would be the best news I’ve heard all year. As the Earth continues to cool while CO2 continues to increase (pretty much proving that CO2 does not drive climate), that “corner” that Obama’s in is going to get tighter and tighter. And anyone foolish enough to stay in that corner is going to look increasingly silly. Anyway, here’s to the good news!!!

]]> http://cstpr.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=5125&cpage=1#comment-13338 jae Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:12:24 +0000 http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=5125#comment-13338 Drool, drool! LOL, perhaps the Planet-savers and "social engineers" finally got enough rope to hang themselves! They seem to have caught themselves in a dilemna which probably has no outcome that doesn't expose them for the charletans that they are. Drool, drool! LOL, perhaps the Planet-savers and “social engineers” finally got enough rope to hang themselves! They seem to have caught themselves in a dilemna which probably has no outcome that doesn’t expose them for the charletans that they are.

]]> http://cstpr.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=5125&cpage=1#comment-13330 GreenHubs.com » Obama’s Climate Policy Bind Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:10:52 +0000 http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=5125#comment-13330 [...] Obama’s Climate Policy Bind Cross-posted from Prometheus: The Science Policy Blog [...] [...] Obama’s Climate Policy Bind Cross-posted from Prometheus: The Science Policy Blog [...]

]]> http://cstpr.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=5125&cpage=1#comment-13329 Celebrity Paycut - Encouraging celebrities all over the world to save us from global warming by taking a paycut. Mon, 13 Apr 2009 23:43:15 +0000 http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=5125#comment-13329 [...] Cross-posted from Prometheus: The Science Policy Blog [...] [...] Cross-posted from Prometheus: The Science Policy Blog [...]

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