Archive for February, 2009
25 Feb
Home mortgage relief for millions of illegals
Obama’s program provides $275 billion to assist homeowners facing foreclosure Illegal aliens can apply for mortgage relief under the Obama administration’s $275 billion plan, according to immigration experts and a group the government will use to help homeowners modify loans. Steven Camarota, director of research at the Center for Immigration Studies in Washington, D.C., told [...]
25 Feb
Cap-and-Trade vs. Carbon Tax: CO2 Crowd Breaking Ranks with President?
In last night’s speech, President Obama remarked, “So I ask this Congress to send me legislation that places a market-based cap on carbon pollution and drives the production of more renewable energy in America.” Today the House Committee on Ways and Means held a hearing on the scientific objectives for climate change legislation, but according [...]
25 Feb
It’s Irresponsible to Have More Than 2 Kids
That’s according to Jonathon Porritt, who chairs the UK’s Sustainable Development Commission. The carbon footprint from having more than two children will inflict too much damage on the environment to justify having any more. Straight from Porritt’s mouth: I am unapologetic about asking people to connect up their own responsibility for their total environmental footprint [...]
25 Feb
Offshore Drilling: Just Do It
That’s how the American voters feel. In a poll conducted by Harris Interactive on behalf of the American Petroleum Institute, 61 percent of Americans support access to oil and natural gas resources in federal waters on the Outer Continental Shelf and the Gulf of Mexico. Only 26 percent opposed. It should be noted that Harris [...]
25 Feb
Carbon Dioxide Regulation Contradicts Stimulus Spending
Recently, House Members have added a provision to the Omnibus bill that “allows the Interior Department to withdraw two Endangered Species Act rules (one on Section 7 consultation and another on polar bears) within 60 days of enactment.” There are two key questions to be addressed under this provision. 1.) What does this mean for [...]
25 Feb
Carbon Capping – The Costliest Part of A Costly Speech
So I ask this Congress to send me legislation that places a market-based cap on carbon pollution and drives the production of more renewable energy in America. It was a fairly innocuous sounding request in the President Barack Obama’s speech, but it would cost more than anything else he mentioned. That’s saying a lot, since [...]
