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All Blog Posts Tagged 'cap-and-trade' (5)

Best of The Freedom Pub This Week

Lots of new members of The Freedom Pub this week. That's very good to see. If you're not a regular at The Pub, head on over, sign in and join the conversation by blogging and commenting on the opinions of other lovers of freedom. If you are a member, keep your eye out for your stuff being mentioned as part of…

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Added by Jim Lakely on July 18, 2010 at 6:00am — No Comments

Best of The Freedom Pub This Week

The World Cup is over (Congrats, Spain), the vuvuzelas are silent (thank God), but the action at The Freedom Pub continues. If you're not a regular at The Pub, head on over, sign in and join the conversation with other lovers of freedom. If you are a member, keep your eye out for your stuff being mentioned as part of The Best of The Pub This Week. (If you don't post, you can't win!) And, as…

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Added by Jim Lakely on July 11, 2010 at 8:00pm — No Comments

California's Shoddy Global Warming Law Springs a Leak

I wrote about the dire economic consequences California's "Global Warming Solutions Act" would have on California's economy for City Journal's website in February. At the time, I argued Gov. Schwarzengger would be insane not to suspend the law in the face of record unemployment and a sluggish economic recovery, noting a report by the state Air Resources Board that predicted “While climate policy yields new types…

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Added by Ben Boychuk on May 25, 2010 at 3:45pm — 4 Comments

Best of The Freedom Pub This Week

Lots of thought-provoking posts at The Freedom Pub this week. I'm constantly amazed by the variety and quality of the conversation around the bar. We don't always agree, but we get good debates going. Please tell your friends to join us! So ... without further ado, here's the run-down of the good stuff, just in case you missed it:

In "Times Square bomber: Something isn't right here,"…

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Added by Jim Lakely on May 8, 2010 at 6:30am — No Comments

Christian Science Monitor gets it right on carbon trading -- will politicians and opinion leaders in the U.S. listen?

The Christian Science Monitor has a six-part investigative report on carbon cap-and-trade. The results aren't particularly surprising; the first article in the series reports:

An investigation by The Christian Science Monitor and the New England Center for Investigative Reporting has found that individuals and businesses who are feeding a $700…

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Added by Diane Carol Bast on April 21, 2010 at 12:30pm — 1 Comment