Cap and Trade: Ten Democratic Senators Call for Carbon Tariffs

Wall Street Journal by Keith Johnson | Aug. 6, 2009 (Breaking News)

(Blog Post) Today, ten Democratic senators sent President Obama a letter demanding a “level playing field” for U.S. manufacturing in any climate plan. In plain English: If you want your climate bill, you better include “carbon tariffs” to make sure U.S. jobs don’t scurry off to unregulated China.

The list of senators includes some heavyweights, but all are swing votes for the bill—Debbie Stabenow and Carl Levin of Michigan; Robert Byrd of West ... Full Story »

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Kaizar Campwala
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 by Kaizar Campwala - Aug. 7, 2009

An aspect of climate change I had not considered, this piece does a good job of laying out two of the sides, though clearly critical of the Democratic senators' position.

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