Yesterday, Paul Krugman attacked The Heritage Foundation and other opponents of cap and trade. Are the opponents of cap-and-trade relying on different studies that reach fundamentally different conclusions? No, not really. It’s true that last spring the Heritage Foundation put out a report claiming...
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Matt Margolis
on 09-26-2009
Filed under: cap and trade, Heritage Foundation, Paul Krugman
Can you put a price on legislation that will do nothing to help the environment, but increase your energy bill and destroy jobs ? Well, it depends on who you ask... but don't ask the government, because you won't get an honest answer. The Environmental Protection Agency claims the answer is between...
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Matt Margolis
on 06-08-2009
Filed under: cap and trade, Heritage Foundation, Environmental Protection Agency
Back in April, The Weekly Standard 's John McCormack set the record straight over claims that Republicans' lied about how much cap and trade would cost the average household. They put the cost at $3,128, which was based on an MIT study. The number was refuted by MIT professor John Reilly, who...
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Matt Margolis
on 05-19-2009
Filed under: energy, cap and trade, Heritage Foundation
Eerlier Henry Waxman, Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee says that controversial Waxman-Markey climate change bill will pass through the energy committee before Memorial Day. Some Democrats have been hesitant to get behind it, and many outright oppose. Michigan Democrat John Dingell...
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Matt Margolis
on 05-15-2009
Filed under: energy, cap and trade, Heritage Foundation