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National Security Not a Good Argument for Global Warming Legislation
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| Contributor | Jason |
| Last Edited | Jason Aug 04, 2009 04:59pm |
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| Category | Opinion |
| Author | James Jay Carafano |
| News Date | Monday, August 3, 2009 10:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill has engendered tremendous controversy. Concerns abound about the legislation's adverse economic consequences as well as skepticism of its affects on world climate trends. Faced with mounting opposition, the bill's supporters are increasingly making the case that creating a new law is a national security imperative. They are wrong.
Indeed, passing the bill would create far more severe, dangerous, and imminent global crises. A better approach is to simply allow nations to adapt to the national security challenges implied by long-term global climate changes.
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The premise behind Waxman-Markey is that the United States must create a government-run program to reduce the emission of "greenhouse gases,"including carbon dioxide (CO2). The bill would establish a complex energy tax scheme to penalize businesses and industries that emit these gases. |
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